Shefton v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

In a second application for leave to appeal from a denial of post conviction relief, Izell Shefton, who pled guilty to four armed robberies, contends that he was not advised that he could appeal from his conviction and that the failure of his court-appointed counsel to so advise him was proof of his incompetence.

The application could have been dismissed because the matters therein presented were not raised in the first application which was denied in Shefton v. Warden, 234 Md. 627. However, even though this application was his second and the applicant has assigned no reason for making it…