Ballentine v. State

Davidson, J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 526 infra.

*519Having entered a guilty plea to a charge of murder in the second degree, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, for which conviction he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of twenty-five years, Rodney Ballentine, the appellant, appealed contending his plea was involuntary. The Court of Special Appeals dismissed the appeal as the record was not timely transmitted.1 Subsequently, the appellant was granted the right to file a belated appeal and this Court, on its own motion, issued the writ of certiorari ta the Court of…