Simmons v. Warden

Tyrone Simmons seeks leave to appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus in the Baltimore City Court (Sklar, J.) in which that court was requested to set bail pending a third trial. Authority to seek leave to appeal is found in Md. Ann. Code Art. 42, § 20; Long v. State, 16 Md. App. 371, 297 A. 2d 299 (1972).

The application states that applicant has twice been tried for the crimes of murder, rape, arson, burglary, and robbery, and that both trials have resulted in deadlocked juries.

At the conclusion of the habeas corpus hearing, Judge Sklar determined that the proper amount of bail,…