Legal Opinion
Evans v. Warden
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 11, 1965No. [App. No. 36, September Term, 1965.]PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
William Evans, Jr. was arrested, indicted and tried on the charge of attempted robbery with a deadly weapon. He was convicted by the trial court sitting without a jury. His motion for a new trial was denied by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City,1 and he was sentenced to a term of twenty years in the Maryland Penitentiary. He then caused an appeal to be taken to the Court of Appeals which affirmed the judgment in Evans v. State, 236 Md. 532. At the time of the Court of Appeals decision, Evans had a writ of habeas corpus pending which was eventually denied by Judge Harris in the Baltimore City…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Mercer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
- Fabian v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
- Hyde v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Crumb v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Ross v. WardenCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Baldwin v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
- Pressley v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
- State v. LloydCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1981
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