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DAVIS v. WARDEN

[H.C. No. 7, September Term, 1957 (Adv.).]

214 Md. 599 (1957)

133 A.2d 420

DAVIS v. WARDEN OF MARYLAND PENITENTIARY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 26, 1957.

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

The applicant, Lester W. Davis, is serving a life sentence in the Maryland Penitentiary, imposed after he was convicted of statutory rape in the Circuit Court for Allegany County. He filed two petitions for a writ of habeas corpus with Judge Horney of the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County. The first was denied on February 13, 1957, and the second on March 8, 1957. His application for leave to appeal relates...

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