FERGUSON v. WARDEN

[H.C. No. 9, September Term, 1958.]

218 Md. 644 (1958)

145 A.2d 772

FERGUSON v. WARDEN OF MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 13, 1958.


PER CURIAM:

In a petition for leave to appeal from the denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus, the applicant makes but one contention, i.e., that a confession was obtained from him by "unorthodox and unfair methods used by the police officers." The voluntary nature of a confession may be raised and contested at the trial of a defendant or upon appeal, but cannot form the basis for a writ of habeas corpus. Johnson v. Warden,

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