Finley v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner was convicted in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County of assault with intent to murder, and sentenced to nine years in the House of Correction. He was represented by an attorney appointed by the court.

The petitioner contends that the trial court was in error in holding that the nail file with which he stabbed his estranged wife was a lethal or deadly weapon. It is sufficient to observe that if this was error, it is not such an error as would be reviewable on habeas corpus. Moreover, it…