Reeder v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from a refusal of a writ of habeas corpus. The applicant was convicted of rape in Harford County in 1947, after a jury trial, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was represented by counsel, and after a motion for new trial was overruled, no appeal was taken to this court. In his petition for a writ of habeas corpus he alleged that the trial court did not have jurisdiction “because perjured testimony was deliberately used to obtain a conviction” and “because it clearly appears from the transcript of record of the case that the Relator * * * was…