Davis v. Brady

This is an appeal from the refusal of Chief Judge C. Gus Grason of the Third Judicial Circuit to grant a writ of habeas corpus to the appellant on the ground that it appeared from the application that no relief could be granted appellant by issuing the writ.

Appellant was sentenced in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City in two cases on July 6, 1946, to serve five years in the Maryland Penitentiary in each case, the sentences to run concurrently. 'The sentences were imposed after the appellant had pleaded guilty in each case to a charge of false pretenses and forgery. His contention in his…