Washington v. Warden

Ernest Lee Washington (applicant) was convicted in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County on April 8, 1958, of assault with intent to rob with a deadly weapon and sentenced to five years in the House of Correction. An appeal to this Court was noted by applicant on April 16, 1958, but this appeal was dismissed by him on February 1, 1960. On September 3, 1959, applicant filed his first petition for review under the Post Conviction Procedure Act. On November 18, 1959, he submitted a new petition which was docketed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court as an amended petition. At a hearing on…