Legal Opinion
Joseph Henry Clark v. Warden Maryland Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 26, 1961No. 8277_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
This is the appeal of Joseph Henry Clark, a Maryland state prisoner whose application for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the District Court without a hearing. The sole question presented for determination is whether Clark should have been given a hearing on the claim that his conviction was based on testimony known by state officials to be false.
The relevant facts may be summarized as follows: On May 9,1958, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City, Clark was convicted of common assault in two separate cases and was sentenced in one to 10 years imprisonment and to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Richard Lane v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Elmer Davis, Jr. v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Joseph Hobbs, Jr. v. Vernon L. Pepersack, Warden of the Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
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