Snyder v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

The petitioner asks leave to appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Cullen of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. He was convicted of statutory rape and perverted sexual practice in Washington County and sentenced to a total of twelve years in the Maryland Penitentiary, to date from November 22, 1954.

The petitioner contends: (1) that he was denied the right to have all of his witnesses present at the time of his trial; (2) that his attorney was incompetent; (3) that the confession obtained from him was secured by “false misrepresentation,” and parts of it had been added…