Giles v. Maryland

In December 1961, petitioners, who are brothers, were convicted of rape of a 16-year-old girl after trial by jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland. In May 1964, petitioners brought this proceeding under Maryland’s Post-Conviction Procedure Act, Md. Ann. Code Art. 27, § 645Á (1966 Supp.).1 Their peti*68tion alleged that the prosecution denied them due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment by suppressing evidence favorable to them, and by the knowing use of perjured testimony against, them. An evidentiary hearing was had before Montgomery Circuit Judge Moorman…