Simpson v. Director of Patuxent Institution

On May 25, 1961, the applicant, Ernest Edwin Simpson, was sentenced to 8 years in the House of Correction by the Criminal Court of Baltimore after pleading guilty to an indictment charging robbery, and on April 5, 1961, was transferred to the Patuxent Institution. On April 29, 1963, he fded a petition under the Post Conviction Procedure Act, alleging: (1) The identifying witness was never seen by the applicant and did not appear in court. (2) The applicant pleaded guilty so that the State would drop other charges against him. (3) His counsel did not argue the case. (4) He was not represented…