State Ex Rel. Raynes v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

Dave Raynes was tried in the Criminal Court of Baltimore on the charges of rape and assault. He was found guilty on the second count charging assault, and was sentenced to the Maryland House of Correction for the term of 15 years. He is now applying for leave to appeal from refusal of a writ of habeas corpus. He claims that he was deprived of his constitutional right by being denied a jury trial.

Petitioner says that, when he was arraigned before Judge Sherbow on January 31, 1947, he pleaded not guilty and elected to be tried before a jury. He says that, after he requested a jury trial, the…