Farrell v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

Cornelius Farrell was convicted of rape and sentenced to death in 1956. His conviction was reversed on appeal, Farrell v. State, 213 Md. 348, and in his second trial he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment. No appeal was taken, but on February 25, 1965, Farrell filed a petition under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act, Code (1965 Supp.), Art. 27, §§ 645A to 645J, which was dismissed by Judge Grady in the Criminal Court of Baltimore and he now brings this application for leave to appeal that dismissal.

The petition to Judge Grady appears to contain two sets of…