Heffner v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application for leave to appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner, Edgar F. Heffner, III, was tried and convicted by a jury in Prince George’s County of the crime of perverted sexual practice and assault. The petition for the writ of habeas corpus was directed to Judge John B. Gray, Jr., who had presided at the petitioner’s trial.

Petitioner’s sole complaint is that the trial court omitted to instruct the jury with respect to the law applicable to the crime with which the defendant was charged. The record indicates that the only instructions given related to…