Lewis v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus-. Petitioner was indicted in 1953 in the Circuit Court for Caroline County in two counts, one charging him with the larceny of a 1938 Pontiac automobile of the value of $175, and the second with having received said automobile knowing it to be stolen. When the case was reached for trial on April 15, 1953, the State entered a nolle pros to the first count and the petitioner entered a plea of guilty to the second. He was sentenced to eight years in the State Penitentiary. Apparently the commitment erroneously…