Legal Opinion
Stevens v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided February 15, 1965No. Civ. No. 15831PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by a State prisoner who was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment after he was found guilty of robbery with a deadly weapon by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore. Petitioner claims twelve grounds for relief;1 most of them are frivolous, supported by no evidence whatever, and need not be discussed. Points (1) lack of arrest warrant, (2) inadequacy of representation, and (10) fairness of trial require discussion and a review of the facts.
About 1 a. m. on November 25, 1961, the prosecuting witness, Graham Barnes, a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Dutton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1914
- John Lewis Snead v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
- Woodell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Willie E. Pendergrast v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Samuele T. Stevens, Jr. v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- State v. GutierrezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1968
- Morris v. SchoonfieldDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1969
- State v. BlankenshipSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
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