Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 20, 2001No. [H.C. No. 20, October Term, 1954.]PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.
This application was filed by Elijah Cummings to obtain leave to appeal from the refusal of a writ of habeas corpus.
Petitioner alleges that he was convicted by the Criminal Court of Baltimore on September 9, 1954, on the charge of assault to murder, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the Maryland House of Correction for the term of three years.
He contends that he was deprived of due process of law, because he was denied the right to produce witnesses whose testimony would have had a direct bearing on the case. The contention of a prisoner that he was not given compulsory process for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Selby v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Spence v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Bowen v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1953
- Friedel v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Laslo v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Whitley v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Thompson v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1956
- Pritchard v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1956
- Williams v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Canter v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
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