Legal Opinion
Diggs v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 21, 1960No. [P.C. No. 43, September Term, 1959.]PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPrescott, J.
This is an application for leave to appeal under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act.
Applicant’s petition was denied by Judge Cullen, sitting in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, on July 2, 1959. He was given a hearing in the matter, and counsel was appointed to represent him in the proceedings.
The applicant was indicted on a charge of assault with intent to rob with a deadly weapon and he was convicted on April 9, 1956, by Judge Joseph E. Carter, and thereafter sentenced to twenty (20) years in the Maryland Penitentiary. No motion for new trial was requested, nor was any appeal taken.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Rountree v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1947
- Medley v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Galloway v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
- Martucci v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1953
- Faught v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. TullCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
- Faulkner v. Director of Patuxent InstitutionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
- Gray v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2004
- Reeves v. Warden of the Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
- Monroe v. Director of Patuxent InstitutionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
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