Drehoff v. Warden of the Maryland House of Correction

The applicant pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court of Baltimore to a charge of burglary and was sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment. He filed a petition for relief under the Post Conviction Procedure Act and now seeks leave to appeal from its denial. In the original case and in the post conviction proceedings he was represented by different, experienced, court-appointed counsel.

Applicant’s principal contention is that there was a conflict between the decisions of Chief Judge Niles, who sat in the original burglary case, and Judge Foster, before whom he testified as a witness in a new trial…