Legal Opinion
Pisani v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided September 16, 1968No. Civ. No. 18519PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARVEY, District Judge:
On November 18, 1952, Umbert M. Pisani, Jr., petitioner, was charged in separate indictments handed down in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City with various offenses involving his minor daughter, including incest, perverted practice and statutory rape. Represented by court-appointed counsel, petitioner entered a plea of guilty to the incest charge. The rape and perverted practice charges were tried on December 4, 1952 before Judge E. Paul Mason, sitting without a jury. Following his conviction on both charges, petitioner filed a motion for a new trial which was *233granted…
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