Whitley v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

We find nothing in this application for leave to appeal from the denial of the writ of habeas corpus to justify the relief sought. Petitioner was acquitted of sodomy but convicted of attempted sodomy with a certain animal and cruelty to a certain animal. He asserts that his acquittal of sodomy makes inconsistent the findings of guilty on the other charges, that the witnesses committed perjury, that the evidence was insufficient to convict, and that there was no testimony whatsoever as to cruelty. Finally, he says he was the victim of a conspiracy to convict him, based on racial…