Winegard v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from an order remanding petitioner after hearing on a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is imprisoned under sentence of twenty years, apparently for robbery with a dangerous or deadly weapon, (Code, Art. 27, sec. 558), and two concurrent ten year sentences for other offenses. In 1944 he and his brother and another were jointly indicted, tried and convicted. At the trial he was represented by counsel, who also represented his brother. At the hearing on habeas corpus, and on this application for leave to appeal, he is represented by different counsel.…