McNeil v. Warden of the Maryland House of Correction

The applicant, Fred L. McNeil, was convicted of assault in the Municipal Court of Baltimore City, and sentenced to two years in the House of Correction. No appeal was taken.

He now seeks leave to appeal from denial of post conviction relief by Judge J. Harold Grady below. In his original petition he contended that: (1) he was illegally imprisoned because he was innocent, and (2) he received too great a sentence. In an amended petition the applicant further contended (3) that he *603was deprived of due process of law, in view of the recent Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U. S. 335,…