Howington v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

In this application for leave to appeal from a denial of post conviction relief by Judge Foster, the petitioner, through court-appointed counsel, filed an amended petition raising three contentions : (1) that he was illegally arrested in his home without a warrant; (2) that he was not afforded counsel, or any opportunity to obtain counsel, at a hearing in the Municipal Court of Baltimore prior to his indictment and trial, and (3) that the State suppressed vital evidence by failing to produce a witness. At the hearing on the petition counsel for the petitioner informed the court that the…