Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 22, 1964No. Civ. A. No. 14570PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORTHROP, District Judge.
Robert L. Thomas having exhausted his state remedies, this court issued a show cause order on his petition for writ of habeas corpus and held a hearing on November 27, 1964.
Before his trial commenced on April 26, 1961, in the Baltimore City Court, Thomas pleaded guilty to six counts of a ten-count indictment charging possession of narcotics, and was then sentenced to ten years, the minimum mandatory sentence under the Maryland statute.*
Petitioner contends that his plea of guilty was involuntarily made because, (1) he would have been confronted at his trial with…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Leonard Hall, Jr. v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Ruben R. Cortez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Thomas A. Kent v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Estate of Baldwin v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1973
- McDonald v. MiddlebrooksDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1966
- United States v. KetchumDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1967
- Louisiana ex rel. Picard v. AllgoodDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967