Legal Opinion
Elliott v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 27, 1966No. [App. No. 143, September Term, 1965.]PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarbury, J.
In 1957 petitioner, John Wesley Elliott, was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to death. On direct appeal his conviction was affirmed by this Court on December 19, 1957, in Elliott v. State, 215 Md. 152, 137 A. 2d 130. The petitioner’s sentence was thereafter commuted to life imprisonment, after which he instituted two federal and one state habeas corpus proceedings as well as this, his third petition for post conviction relief. On February 5, 1965, Chief Judge Thomsen of the U. S. (Md.) District Court, ruled on Elliott’s second federal habeas corpus petition and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
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