DeLawder v. Warden

On 30 June 1972 Lee Franklin DeLawder was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County of carnal knowledge of a female under the age of 14 years. A15 year sentence was imposed. The judgment was affirmed on direct appeal. DeLawder v. State, No. 663, September Term, 1972, filed 8 June 1973, unreported, 18 Md. App. 740, cert. denied 269 Md. 757. He filed a petition on 19 December 1973 attacking the judgment under post conviction procedures. After a plenary hearing, relief was denied by an order of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County issued 14 October 1974. Maryland Rule…