Avery v. State

On May 17, 1973, this Court entered in these proceedings an Order that a “Motion for Stay of Execution of Sentence and Revocation of Bail” and a “Petition for the Issuance of a Writ of Prohibition” be denied for reasons to be thereafter stated. The precise issue presented was whether or not a person whose conviction had been affirmed by this Court was entitled to bail during proceedings subsequent to denials of certiorari by both the Court of Appeals of Maryland and by the Supreme Court of the United States. We held that he was not; we now state our reasons.

Almost two years ago, on June 15,…