Hall v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

Petitioner (Hall) has filed a petition in his original habeas corpus case seeking an order that “he be immediately freed from commitment by the State of Maryland, and that no further proceedings be brought against him because of the matter upon which he was originally indicted.”

On November 11, 1959, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Hall was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. The conviction was affirmed on appeal, Hall v. State, 228 Md. 158, 162 A.2d 751 (July 8, 1960). The facts are set out in the careful opinion of Chief Judge Bruñe…