Monroe v. Director of Patuxent Institution

223 Md. 660 (1960)

162 A.2d 766

MONROE

v.

DIRECTOR OF PATUXENT INSTITUTION

[P.C. No. 114, September Term, 1959.]

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 14, 1960.

Before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.

At a non-jury trial before Judge W. Albert Menchine in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, William R. Monroe, represented by experienced and competent counsel of his choice, was convicted of armed robbery. After an investigation by the Probation Department, a sentence of twelve years was imposed on January 15, 1959, with a recommendation that the prisoner be confined…