Drain v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application of Roy Leon Drain for leave to appeal from the refusal of a writ of habeas corpus.

On October 21, 1954, petitioner pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to two charges of breaking and entering. Associate Judge Michaelson sentenced him to the Maryland House of Correction on both charges. The sentence in the first case was imprisonment for six years. The sentence in the second case was imprisonment for three years, this sentence to run consecutively with the sentence in the first case.

On January 20, 1955, petitioner asked the Court to correct the…