Nathaniel J. Jacobs v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge.

Convicted on a plea of guilty to a charge of armed robbery in a state court, this Maryland prisoner seeks habeas corpus relief upon the ground that his plea was involuntary. The contention depends in large part upon a finding of involuntariness in the confession of a co-defendant which supplied the cause for the arrest, without a warrant, of this appellant, which in turn, it is said, led to his almost spontaneous confession. We affirm the denial of relief.

Jacobs, an employee of a department store, had been filching clothing. Allegedly, he expanded his operation by…