Legal Opinion
State v. Merchant
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 28, 1970No. App. No. 81, September Term, 1970PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
The application for leave to appeal is denied for the reasons set forth in the thorough and excellent opinion of Judge E. Mackall Childs in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, dated May 12,1970.
Application denied.
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION.
The petitioner, Gus Merchant, an inmate of the. Maryland Penitentiary serving a commuted sentence., of death for rape, seeks relief under the Uniform Post : Conviction Procedure Act, Article 27, Section 645A, et s'eq. of the Maryland Code. A hearing on this, the petitioner’s first post conviction petition, was held on April' 1, 1970.
On October 9,1957, the…
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