Hadder v. Warden

On March 21, 1964, the applicant, Thomas A. Hadder, was convicted of murder by a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. An appeal was taken to the Court of Appeals of Maryland, which affirmed the judgment. Hadder v. State, 238 Md. 341 (1965). On April 13, 1967, the applicant filed his first petition under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act. In that petition, and at the first hearing, he raised the following contentions:

1. That the court erred in allowing a doctor to give certain expert testimony.

2. That he was denied due process and…