Shivers v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application by Calvin Shivers for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner was convicted of the illegal possession of narcotics and sentenced to five years in the Maryland Penitentiary. Although it does not appear in the record before this Court, the Special Assistant Attorney General, in his brief filed in this case, states that at the time of this conviction petitioner was on parole from a ten year sentence imposed for armed robbery on August 6, 1949, and is still serving that sentence.

In the instant case the petitioner contends that he was denied a…