Legal Opinion
Davis v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 19, 1958No. [H.C. No. 125, September Term, 1957.]PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHorney, J.
This is an application by Benjamin Davis for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus by Michael Paul Smith, J., of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County.
The petitioner was tried and found guilty of murder in the first degree, without capital punishment, by a jury in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County (Taylor, J.), and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Penitentiary.
The petitioner assigned fourteen reasons why he should be granted the writ, four of which were made for the first time on this application, and cannot be considered here. Wain v. Warden, 215 Md. 650,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Smith v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
- Obenstine v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1951
- Finley v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1956
- Wain v. WardenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1967
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Barbee v. WardenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Brown v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Truesdale v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
- Northington v. WardenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
- Pearre v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
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