Legal Opinion
Britton v. Maryland
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided April 25, 1969No. Civ. No. 20311PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
Petitioner, who is presently a state prisoner confined in the Maryland House of Correction, seeks habeas corpus relief in this Court for the first time.
On June 14, 1965, Britton was found guilty of robbery with a deadly weapon after a non-jury trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City and was sentenced to a term in prison of twenty years. Thereafter, he appealed to the Court of Appeals of Maryland. That appeal was pending in that Court when the latter filed its opinions in Schowgurow v. State, 240 Md. 121, 213 A.2d 475 (1965), and State v. Madison, 240 Md.…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Fresneda v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
- Satterfield v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
- Britton v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1970
- Breeden v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1993
- Williams v. State of MarylandDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1974
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