McCaine v. Director, Patuxent Institution

In this application for leave to appeal from a denial of Post Conviction relief by the lower court, it is contended that applicant’s convictions for armed robbery, assault with intent to murder and carrying a concealed weapon, rest upon guilty pleas which were not voluntarily and intelligently made in that applicant did not understand the nature and consequences of entering such pleas.

The hearing judge, according to his memorandum denying relief, found that “this bald allegation” by the applicant was not supported by “testimony or evidence to show any deficiency or handicap which he might…