Hobbs v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal under Code (1958 Supp.) Art. 27 §§ 645A-645J, known as the Post Conviction Procedure Act.

On January 7, 1947, the applicant was convicted by the Criminal Court of Baltimore (Smith, C. J.) of armed robbery upon his plea of guilty under three separate indictments, and was sentenced to a term of twenty years under each indictment, the sentences to run concurrently.

On October 27, 1958, the applicant filed a petition for release under the Act “in forma pauperis.” The trial court (Sodaro, J.) denied the relief sought and dismissed the petition on November…