Jones v. Warden of the Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County denying relief sought under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act, Code (1957), Article 27, Section 645 A et seq. Petitioner had previously taken a direct appeal to this Court which affirmed his convictions of rape and assault in Jones v. State, 221 Md. 141, 156 A. 2d 421 (1959). At the post conviction hearing below, petitioner raised several questions additional to those raised in his former appeal, all involving the competency of his court-appointed counsel.

The test for measuring…