Legal Opinion
Andrew Alexander, A/K/A Walter Bruce v. State of Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, S. Bosley, Acting Commander
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 20, 1983No. 82-6213PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
Claiming that in 1961 he was unconstitutionally convicted by the State of Maryland as an adult when he was a juvenile, Andrew Alexander sought by federal habeas corpus petition to defeat Maryland’s effort by detainer to secure his custody from federal authorities to force completion of his state sentence under the challenged conviction. The district court granted habeas relief as prayed. Finding no error on Maryland’s appeal, we affirm.
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Alexander was convicted by bench trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City in 1961 of three felony counts concerning…
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