Lyde v. Warden

This is an application for leave to appeal from a denial of post conviction relief.

The applicant was convicted of first degree murder by Judge Dulany Foster on February 3, 1961. A motion for new trial was filed on the same day. On February 5, 1962, 1 the motion was withdrawn, the verdict of guilty of first degree murder was stricken out, a verdict of guilty of second degree murder was entered, and the applicant was sentenced to eighteen years in the Maryland Penitentiary. No direct appeal was taken. The instant petition for post conviction relief was filed on April 12, 1966, and a hearing was…