Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 1, 1974No. [P.C. No. 74, September Term, 1959.]PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
Richard Lee Wilson was convicted of felonious burglary in the Criminal Court of Baltimore on November 9, 1954, by Judge Michael J. Manley, sitting without a jury, and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
On March 17, 1959, he petitioned for relief under the Post Conviction Procedure Act. Counsel was appointed for him and a hearing was held, after which Judge Joseph L. Carter dismissed the petition. Wilson now seeks leave to appeal from this dismissal.
Most of his contentions deal with his alleged innocence and with the alleged insufficiency of the evidence to convict, neither of which is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Parker v. WardenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1958
3Cited by12 opinions
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