Daniels v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from the denial of post conviction relief. The petitioner was convicted of an attempt to rob with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to twenty years in the Penitentiary.

After a hearing on the post conviction petition at which the petitioner was represented by court-appointed counsel and at which he was present in person and testified on his own behalf, the court considered two of the contentions of the petitioner—that his trial counsel was incapable of conducting his defense and that he was denied his right to a new trial and a direct appeal because…