Cheeseboro v. Warden of MaryLand Penitentiary

In his petition for post conviction relief, the petitioner alleged numerous reasons—including one to the effect that the trial court erred when it received into evidence a “coerced, false and involuntary” confession—he claimed entitled him to post conviction relief. None had substance in that all of them concerned matters involving procedural irregularities, incompetency of trial counsel and the weight and sufficiency of the evidence which cannot be raised in a post conviction proceeding. Sodaro, J., who heard the petition, correctly concluded that the petitioner was “merely attempting to…