JACKSON v. STEINER

No. 7736.

261 F.2d 447 (1958)

William H. JACKSON, Appellant, v. William F. STEINER, Warden, Maryland House of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Black, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (H. B. Mutter, Baltimore, Md., on the brief), Court appointed counsel, for appellant.

James H. Norris, Jr., Special Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland (C. Ferdinand Sybert, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on the brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

The District Court denied a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the state prisoner without a hearing, and this appeal is sought to be prosecuted without a certificate of probable cause. In accordance with our practice, we have examined the record and have heard written and oral arguments of court-appointed counsel in order to determine whether one of the members of this Court should issue a...

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