Carroll v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus.

Petitioner was sentenced on May 11,1949, to five years, from March 17, 1949, for larceny, and ten years consecutive with the former, for manslaughter. He was indicted for robbery with a deadly weapon and larceny in one indictment and for murder in another indictment. Being tried under both indictments at the same time before the trial judge sitting without a jury, he was found not guilty of robbery but guilty of larceny, and not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. He was represented by counsel at…