Blount v. Wright

This petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed by Charlie H. Blount, who alleges that he was tried in the Criminal Court of Baltimore on the charge of “assault robbery with deadly weapon,” and was found guilty and sentenced to the Maryland House of Correction.

Petitioner claims that at his trial on June 26, 1946, the State did not produce sufficient evidence to support the charges against him and his constitutional rights were violated. The application was denied without a hearing by Chief Judge W. Conwell Smith, of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. Petitioner thereupon appealed to…