Legal Opinion

Clarence Irvin Turner v. State of Maryland

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 18, 1962No. 8363_1PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

Clarence Turner, a Maryland prisoner, complains of a deprivation of his liberty without due process in being denied the effective assistance of counsel at his trial for attempted armed robbery. Found guilty by the court sitting without a jury, he was sentenced to a term of five years. At the time this sentence was imposed, Turner was also sentenced to a two and a three year term on his plea of guilty to two charges of burglary. The record does not show whether these three sentences were to run consecutively or concurrently.

The sole question on this appeal is whether the…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. Michel v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Affronti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Charles Earl Brubaker v. Fred R. Dickson, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
  2. United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Mathis v. Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
  3. Claude O. Jones, Jr. v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
  4. State v. RenshawCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
  5. Clarence Irvin Turner v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963

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