Legal Opinion
Sas v. Maryland
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1964No. Nos. 9094, 9095, 9096, 9098, 9143PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge.
This is a consolidated appeal of five petitions for writs of habeas corpus filed by five inmates of Maryland’s Patuxent Institution wherein they seek to have the Maryland Defective Delinquent Act, Ann.Code of Md., Article 31B (Supp. 1961) [hereinafter the Act], under which they are confined declared unconstitutional. The petitions were denied by the district court without the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus or show cause order, without requiring the state to file returns, without appointment of counsel for the indigent petitioners and without argument or…
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3Cited by43 opinions
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