Roberts v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

Bruñe, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves a second petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by this petitioner. He seeks to raise questions which were presented on his previous application upon which leave to appeal was granted. Judge Byrnes, sitting in the Baltimore City Court, denied the present petition by a short opinion and order in which he stated: “In his petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, petitioner states that ‘the vital question is whether the Court had authority to pronounce the 20 year sentences without regard to the maximum requirement ánd the…