Peaton v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Raine of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County on September 30, 1957. The applicant was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and mayhem, by Judge Carter in the Criminal Court of Baltimore on November 14, 1956, and sentenced to serve a term of confinement for ten years from September 1, 1956.

The applicant contends that his court-appointed attorney was indifferent to his defense and recommended that he waive his right to a jury trial, although earlier he had told the applicant that “you have a…