Legal Opinion
Shaffer v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 17, 2001No. [H.C. No. 17, October Term, 1956.]PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This is an application by Joseph Leslie Shaffer for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. He pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary and was sentenced by the Criminal Court of Baltimore to three years in the Maryland House of Correction.
Petitioner contends that he has a speech defect and that actually he pleaded not guilty and that the trial court mistook the plea to be one of guilty and before he could explain this to the court he had been sentenced. The transcript of the arraignment proceedings in the Criminal Court of Baltimore shows, Code (1951), Art. 42, sec. 5, that…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Gibbs v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Roberts v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1955
- Selby v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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