Winegan v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application by Walter H. Winegan for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus by Judge John B. Gray, Jr., of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County.

Petitioner was tried and convicted in two cases of violation of the narcotic laws and sentenced by Judge Joseph E. Carter to five years in each case, the sentences to run consecutively. The docket entries show that he was indicted for two separate violations of the narcotic laws. After conviction in the first case, he was sentenced to five years which is the maximum for first offenders under the provision of…