McELROY v. DIRECTOR

[No. 48, October Term, 1956.]

211 Md. 385 (1956)

127 A.2d 380

McELROY v. DIRECTOR OF PATUXENT INSTITUTION

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Application for leave to appeal granted June 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Kaufman, with whom were Frank, Bernstein, Gutberlet & Conaway on the brief, for the appellant.

James H. Norris, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, with whom was C. Ferdinand Sybert, Attorney General, on the brief, for the appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and COLLINS, HENDERSON, HAMMOND and PRESCOTT, JJ.


Application for leave to appeal granted June 15, 1956. Appeal dismissed, and treating papers as petition for certiorari, certiorari denied, 353 U.S. 903.

COLLINS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus.

The appellant, Billy Ray McElroy, was arrested on the night of March 30, 1955, while attempting to break into a lunchroom on West Camden Street in Baltimore City. He pleaded guilty...

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