Lloyd v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

In this habeas corpus proceeding brought by a Maryland state prisoner, his court-appointed counsel presses two points: (1) that under the facts and circumstances shown by the evidence petitioner (Lloyd) was denied the right of appeal from his conviction and was denied the assistance of counsel in connection therewith; and (2) that a co*366erced confession was improperly admitted at his trial.1

Lloyd is a Negro, born in Sebrell, Virginia. He dropped out of school in the second grade, and at the time of his arrest and trial for the offenses involved in this case, he could write…