Lewis v. Warden

Curtis James Lewis has applied to this Court for leave to appeal from an order of Judge Albert L. Sklar in Baltimore City Court denying habeas corpus relief from allegedly excessive bail pending appeal from his conviction in the Criminal Court of Baltimore. His right to apply for leave to appeal was created by Acts of 1972, ch. 392, codified as Art. 42, § 20. See Bigley and Fleming v. Warden, 16 Md. App. 1.

Lewis pleaded guilty before Judge David Ross in the Criminal Court of Baltimore to an indictment charging unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. After holding the case sub curia from 1 May…