Stewart v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

Joe Dean Stewart seeks leave to appeal from the denial of his petition for post conviction relief from his judgments of conviction of assault, robbery and robbery with a deadly weapon. Stewart was convicted of the above offenses on jury verdicts entered in the Circuit Court for Harford County, Chief Judge Day presiding. At his trial, Stewart was represented by privately retained counsel. After his trial, Stewart’s five year sentence for his conviction of robbery was stricken out on motion by his counsel. There remained his fifteen year sentence for his conviction of robbery with a deadly…