Davis v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner was convicted of statutory rape and sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge *618Harris, in the. Circuit Court for Allegany County. His complaints as to the legality of his arrest, and the improper admission of a confession in evidence, cannot be reviewed on habeas corpus, as we have repeatedly said. The complaint that court-appointed counsel did not properly protect his rights is not a ground for a writ of habeas corpus, in the absence of any allegations of collusion or fraud with State officials, or…