Legal Opinion
Duckett v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 15, 1962No. [App. No. 26, September Term, 1962.]PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bruñe, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Robert William Duckett, the applicant, was convicted in November, 1961, in the Circuit Court for Charles County of the crime of manslaughter and was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. By his amended petition under the Post Conviction Procedure Act he sought his release, a reduction in his sentence or a new trial. His petition was denied and he now seeks leave to appeal.
The amended petition alleges as facts that the applicant was involved in a fist fight with one Martinez, that he was joined by four others, two of whom (a man named Lee and…
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