Frazier v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

Charles Francis Frazier (applicant) was indicted in ten separate indictments numbered 4495/63 through 4504/63. The offenses charged included forgery, false pretenses, storehouse breaking, larceny and possession of a deadly weapon.

When the case was brought on for trial and disposition before Judge Cullen, the applicant tendered pleas of nob contendere in indictments 4495, 4496 and 4497 and these pleas were accepted by the court and sentence imposed under the first count in each indictment, charging forgery, for a total of four years in the Maryland Penitentiary. The sentences were concurrent.…