Bennington v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application for leave to appeal from the refusal of a writ of habeas corpus. The applicant was convicted of the common law offense of assault and a violation of city ordinance, discharging firearms within the City Limits, by Judge Sherbow, sitting in the Crimi nal Court of Baltimore. He was sentenced to eighteen months in the House of Correction.

The applicant contends that he was denied , a constitutional right not to be “twice placed in jeopardy for the same crime”, in that he was sentenced to eighteen months for assault and thirty days for discharging firearms. He alleges that…