Legal Opinion
William Ralph v. Vernon L. Pepersack, Warden, Maryland State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1964No. 9176PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOREMAN, Circuit Judge;
Appellant, William Ralph, was convicted of rape and sentenced to death by three judges of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland, sitting ■ without a jury. ' His conviction was affirmed by the Maryland Court of Appeals 1 and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. 2 Ralph then filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The District Court entered an order staying further proceedings on the petition and granted a stay of execution to permit Ralph to exhaust state remedies by pursuing…
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