Fisher v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

The applicant, Fisher, on September 22, 1961, was convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon by Judge Joseph L. Carter of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, sitting without a jury. In his petition for relief under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act, Fisher alleged that: (i) he is innocent; (ii) the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction; (iii) the trial court was biased and imposed a cruel and unusual sentence; (iv) the State withheld material evidence in that a certain confession made by a codefendant “was shown to the Prosecuting Attorney who rejected it and refused to…