Alan Keith Francis v. State of Maryland and Dr. Harold M. Boslow

K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Alan Keith Francis, a Maryland prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the statutory scheme under which he was convicted violates his fourteenth amendment right of equal protection of the laws. We disagree and affirm.

In 1974, when he was under the age of eighteen, appellant was charged in Baltimore City in adult criminal court with arm ed robbery and in juvenile court with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Juvenile court waived jurisdiction and he pleaded guilty in adult court to both charges. At…