Presley v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

James L. Presley was convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore on charges of larceny of motor vehicles and was sentenced to the Maryland Penitentiary for the period of five years. He has applied here for leave to appeal from refusal of a writ of habeas corpus.

Petitioner alleges that he was tried without counsel, although he asked the Court to appoint counsel. He further alleges that certain papers were introduced at his trial which had been obtained by illegal search and seizure, and that if the Court had appointed counsel to defend him he would not have been convicted.

The allegations are…