Rice v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

The Post Conviction Procedure Act is a procedural act and not an enlargement of substantive rights of review. State v. D’Onofrio, 221 Md. 20, 155 A. 2d 643. The question of the legality of search and seizure cannot be raised under the Act. Banks v. Warden, 220 Md. 652, 151 A. 2d 897; Mears v. Warden, 220 Md. 682, 155 A. 2d 72. After conviction a question of bail may not be raised on habeas corpus, Brooks v. Warden, 218 Md. 650, 145 A. 2d 569; nor may alleged irregularities in preliminary proceedings or procedures which may not be raised on habeas corpus be reviewed under the Post Conviction…