Roberts v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

We adopt the reasons set forth in the opinion of Judge Jones in the court below denying post conviction relief. However, the answers to two contentions raised by the petitioner require additional amplification.

The first point needing additional discussion is petitioner’s contention that the twenty year consecutive sentences imposed by Judge Carter in the Criminal Court of Baltimore under the second counts of indictments Nos. 506 and 507 (the simple assault counts) are illegal, in that the sentences under these counts could not exceed the statutory maximum of fifteen years for the statutory…