Legal Opinion
Hickman v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 17, 2001No. [H.C. No. 17, October Term, 1953.]PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This is an application by John Peter Hickman for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer, of the Circuit Court for Frederick County.
Petitioner was tried for burglary and convicted on May 15, 1953, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City and sentenced to a term of six years in the Maryland House of Correction. He gives many reasons why the writ should be granted. He claims that he was deprived a preliminary hearing. Failure to hold a preliminary hearing does not vitiate a criminal trial and cannot be raised on habeas corpus. Sykes v. Warden,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sykes v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Bowen v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1953
- Daisey v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- State Ex Rel. De Lisle v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Peoples v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1951
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