Treadway v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

William M. Treadway (applicant) seeks leave to appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Washington County (Rutledge, J.) denying relief under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act. On March 19, 1965 the applicant, represented by court appointed counsel, entered a plea of guilty before Judge McLaughlin to the charge of armed robbery. He was originally sentenced to ten years in the Maryland Penitentiary, but his counsel was subsequently successful in having the sentence reduced to seven years.

The applicant raised four contentions in his petition for post conviction relief: 1) That he…