Legal Opinion
Scott v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 1, 1981No. [P.C. No. 81, September Term, 1959.]PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPrescott, J.
This is an application for leave to appeal under the Post Conviction Procedure Act. The applicant alleged that he was unable to employ counsel or to pay costs and the court appointed an attorney to represent him under said Act. A hearing was held, with the applicant present, and the petition was dismissed by Judge Evans of the Circuit Court for Howard County on October 30, 1959.
The applicant had been tried on March 12, 1959, by Judge Macgill and found guilty of armed robbery, larceny and assault, and sentenced to be confined in the Maryland House of Correction for six years. No appeal was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Galloway v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
- Young v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Day v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1958
- Ellis v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1958
- Shields v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1958
3Cited by4 opinions
- Hyde v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
- Hunt v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- John Wesley Hunt v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary, John Nathan Bristow, Jr. v. Vernon L. Pepersack, Warden, Maryland State Penitentiary, James E. Cox v. Vernon L. Pepersack, Warden, Maryland Penitentiary, State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Devaney v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1960