Elijah Wright v. Maryland Penitentiary, State of Maryland

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

Elijah Wright appeals from the denial of his federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He asks that we reverse the district court and order that the writ issue conditionally — unless Maryland will credit the time he was incarcerated before trial against his state sentence. Because Wright must further exhaust his state remedies, we remand to the district court with instructions.

I

On December 18, 1964, the police arrested Wright and charged him with murder. Two years and six weeks later, on January 31,1967, a jury convicted him of murder in the second degree. Part of…