Arthur Turco v. Warden, Baltimore City Jail

Arthur Turco’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus and, in the alternative, for removal of a pending criminal prosecution from the Criminal Court of Baltimore to the district court, was denied by the district judge, 324 F.Supp. 61. The writ of habeas corpus was sought to effect petitioner’s release on bond pending the trial of state charges, both capital and noncapital, on which he was being held. We affirm.

The state trial judge carefully considered whether to grant bail to petitioner and concluded, inter alia, that petitioner was not a good bail risk. There was substantial evidentiary…