Legal Opinion
Whitley v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 1, 1978No. [P.C. No. 78, September Term, 1959.]PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrune, C. J.
The applicant, Joseph Olief Whitley, seeks leave to appeal from a denial of relief under the Post Conviction Procedure Act. He was convicted of second degree murder in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, by Judges Digges, Fletcher and Dorsey, on June 27, 1957, and was sentenced to a term of twelve years in the House of Correction. No appeal was taken from that judgment.
Whitley’s original application for relief under the Post Conviction Procedure Act was filed in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County on February 17, 1959, and counsel was appointed for him as an indigent.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Randall v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Davis v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Niblett v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
- Truesdale v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
- Besche v. BescheCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1956
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Joseph Oleif Whitley v. Warden William F. Steiner, Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
- Wampler v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
- Ralph v. PepersackDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1962
- Brown v. Director of Patuxent InstitutionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
- Bennett v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
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