Reynolds v. Warden of the Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from the denial of relief under the U.P.C.P.A., Code (1961 Supp.), Art. 27, §§ 64SA-645J. According to the application, Reynolds and two codefendants, Middleton and Hughey, all pleaded guilty to charges of grand larceny and breaking and entering. At the trial, Reynolds and Middleton each asked for and received court appointed counsel. Each of them was sentenced to a term of five years. Hughey, it is alleged, declined appointed counsel and was sentenced to four and a half years.

The single point pressed at the hearing below and raised here is that…