Thomas v. Warden of the Maryland Penitentiary

The first application of Tyson Thomas for leave to appeal from an order denying him post conviction relief from his conviction for assault with intent to murder and robbery with a deadly weapon was denied by this Court in Thomas v. Warden, 233 Md. 607, for the reason that, having pled guilty and never claimed that his plea was involuntary, the applicant had thereby waived the irregularities he claimed entitled him to the relief sought.

Thereafter he filed a second petition, in which, after reiterating the contentions raised in the first petition, he further claimed that by entering the…