Price v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

James Price makes application for leave to appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Michaelson sitting in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, on September 24, 1956.

Petitioner was convicted by Judge Carter in the Criminal Court of Baltimore on February 8, 1956, on a charge of possession of narcotics, and was sentenced to ten years in the Maryland Penitentiary. Petitioner, who was represented by counsel at his trial, filed a motion for appeal or review on April 29, 1956, which was ineffective because not taken within the time prescribed for the taking of appeals.

Price…