Holt v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is the second time that Joseph R. Holt has sought relief in a collateral proceeding from convictions for grand larceny and breaking and entering and the imposition of consecutive sentences totaling twenty-four years in the Penitentiary. This is an application for leave to appeal from a denial of post conviction relief. The previous application for leave to appeal was from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. See Holt v. Warden, 211 Md. 619, 125 A. 2d 842 (1956).

When the applicant was arraigned on December 16, 1953, on one indictment (herein called the first), he claims he plead not…