Legal Opinion
Meadows v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 9, 1966No. [App. No. 130, September Term, 1965.]PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
On 24 November 1959, the petitioner, Broadus Meadows, was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree before Judges J. Gilbert Prendergast and Michael J. Manley (later Chief Judge Manley). The imposition of sentence was postponed to allow for filing of a motion for new trial. For reasons undisclosed the motion was never filed. On 1 December 1959 petitioner was sentenced to life imprisonment. No appeal was taken.
On 17 January 1962 Meadows filed a petition under the Post Conviction Procedure Act alleging that the state had obtained his conviction by using testimony it knew was perjured.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Sturgis v. Warden of the Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
- Meadows v. Warden of the Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Gaudio v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Cooper v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Nadolski v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Avey v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Carrington v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
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