Brigmon v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

In his application for relief under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act, the petitioner set forth thirteen alleged reasons as to why he was entitled to such relief. The learned trial judge, after hearing in open court, ordered “that the petitioner’s petition * * * be denied for the reasons that all of the alleged errors * * * are such that should and could have been raised by an appeal and not by procedure under the Post Conviction Procedure Act. * * * And it is further found that the defendant * * * was not deprived of any federal rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the…