Jones v. Warden

On 23 September 1969 Raymond Jones was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County of robbery with a deadly weapon and other offenses. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a total of 25 years, reduced by order of the court on 9 October to 15 years.1 The judgments were affirmed on appeal to this Court by a per curiam opinion, Jones v. State, unreported, No. 378, September Term, 1969, filed 22 June 1970, mandate issued on 22 July 1970.

On 7 August 1970 Jones filed a document in proper person entitled “Petition for Amendment and Injunctive Relief.” It set out that on 1 June…