Alfred Player v. William F. Steiner, Warden, Maryland House of Correction

284 F.2d 306

Alfred PLAYER, Appellant,

v.

William F. STEINER, Warden, Maryland House of Correction, Appellee.

No, 8171.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Argued Nov. 15, 1960.

Decided Nov. 17, 1960.

Stephen D. Moses, Baltimore, Md. (Court-assigned counsel), for appellant.

James H. Norris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland (C. Ferdinand Sybert, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and HAYNSWORTH and BOREMAN, Circuit judges.

1

This is an appeal from a denial, without a hearing, of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a state court prisoner.

2

Pla…