Domneys v. Warden

The petitioner, Frank Oliver Domneys, was convicted of rape by a jury without a recommendation against capital punishment and, following the denial of a motion for a new trial, was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court of Baltimore on July 3, 1961. On direct appeal, the judgment and sentence was affirmed by this Court in Domneys v. State, 229 Md. 388, 182 A. 2d 880 (1962).

The first application for leave to appeal from the order of the trial court denying him post conviction relief was denied by this Court in Domneys v. Warden, 232 Md. 659, 194 A. 2d 443 (1963), cert. den. 377 U. S. 949…