Leroy Kirkland v. E. L. Maxwell, Warden, Ohio Penitentiary

Appellant was tried and convicted of robbery armed and aggravated assault in an Ohio court. On appeal his conviction was affirmed. Subsequently he filed a motion with the Ohio Supreme Court for leave to appeal. Such motion was granted. In said appeal appellant claimed that he had suffered Federal constitutional abuse prior to his trial and conviction by the fact that there had been an illegal delay in his arraignment and by the fact that there had been an illegal search.

The Ohio court, after a hearing before a Master Commissioner, found that appellant had shown no substantial constitutional…