Byrd v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

The application for leave to appeal is denied with costs. Judge Barrett properly ruled on the petition for a writ of habeas corpus that the petitioner would not be denied any of his constitutional rights by the refusal (i) to retry the question of guilt or innocence, (ii) to review the sufficiency of the evidence and (iii) to review, after trial and conviction, the legality of the arrest and the extent or legality of detention before trial. The question with respect to the denial of a jury trial was decided by this Court in Byrd v. Warden, 210 Md. 662. The contention that the petitioner was…