Legal Opinion

Byars v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 6, 1950No. 20PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHenderson, J.

This is an application for leave to appeal from a refusal of a writ of habeas corpus. The applicant was sentenced to ten years for breaking and entering in Charles County. He attacks the sufficiency of the indictment to charge the crime for which he was convicted on various grounds. None of these grounds go to the jurisdiction of the court and they cannot be reviewed on habeas corpus. State ex rel. Tabor v. Swenson, 195 Md. 710, 72 A. 2d 684, and cases cited.

Application denied, with costs.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State ex rel. Tabor v. SwensonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1950

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cunningham v. HayesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1964
  2. Byars v. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951