SHAFFER v. WARDEN

[H.C. No. 17, October Term, 1956.]

211 Md. 635 (1956)

126 A.2d 573

SHAFFER v. WARDEN OF MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 2, 1956.


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

This is an application by Joseph Leslie Shaffer for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. He pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary and was sentenced by the Criminal Court of Baltimore to three years in the Maryland House of Correction.

Petitioner contends that he has a speech defect and that actually he pleaded not guilty and that the trial court mistook the plea to be one of guilty...

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