Mullen v. Director of Patuxent Institution

The applicant for leave to appeal, Emmett Willard Mullen, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to twelve years in the Maryland Penitentiary on August 7, 1963, by Judge' Powers, sitting in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. He did not appeal, but in October 1963 filed a petition under the Post Conviction Procedure Act, listing the following seven grounds for relief :

1. he was advised and induced by a police officer to waive his preliminary hearing ;

2. his “indictment was not a true bill” as it was procured by *656a single police officer who appeared before the grand…