Coleman v. Warden of the Maryland House of Correction

The applicant was convicted after a non-jury trial in the Circuit Court for Garrett County in 1963 on a criminal information charging robbery and assault with intent to rob and was sentenced to two concurrent five year terms in the penitentiary. He did not appeal.

The applicant filed a petition for relief under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act which was denied by Judge Naughton after a hearing. Apparently because of a misunderstanding of the law relative thereto, an appeal was noted from the denial of the petition. Of course, no appeal as of right lies from the denial of post…