Ferguson v. Warden

218 Md. 644 (1958)

145 A.2d 772

FERGUSON

v.

WARDEN OF MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION

[H.C. No. 9, September Term, 1958.]

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 13, 1958.

Before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.

In a petition for leave to appeal from the denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus, the applicant makes but one contention, i.e., that a confession was obtained from him by "unorthodox and unfair methods used by the police officers." The voluntary nature of a confession may be raised and contested at the trial of a defendant or upon appeal, but…