Sewell v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

In this application for leave to appeal from a denial of post conviction relief, the petitioner was convicted of first degree murder on March 13, 1962, before Judges Schnauffer and Shure and a jury, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was represented by court-appointed counsel, but took no appeal. In October, 1962, a petition for post conviction relief was denied by Judge Morgan Harris, after a hearing at which the petitioner was represented by court-appointed counsel. There was no application for leave to appeal. On January 2, 1963, the petitioner filed a habeas corpus proceeding in the…