Domneys v. Warden of the Maryland Penitentiary

On April 3, 1961, Frank Oliver Domneys, the applicant for leave to appeal, was found guilty of rape by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, and was sentenced to death by Judge Carter. In his appeal to this Court the judgment was affirmed. Domneys v. State, 229 Md. 388.

Domneys then filed a petition in the Criminal Court of Baltimore under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act, alleging that: (1) he did not receive a fair and impartial trial; (2) he did not receive adequate legal representation; and (3) the evidence presented by the State was not legally sufficient to sustain the…