Roberts v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is the second time that Charles Henry Roberts, after having entered pleas of guilty before the trial magistrate, 1 has sought relief in a collateral proceeding from the convictions— from which he did not appeal to the Circuit Court for Wicomico County—for six violations of the motor vehicle and criminal laws. The violations included a charge of making a false affidavit to an application for an operator’s license, a charge of failing to stop at the scene of the accident, and four charges of manslaughter by automobile arising out of a single accident. Maximum sentences aggregating 14 years…