MATTHEWS v. WARDEN

[P.C. No. 113, September Term, 1959.]

223 Md. 649 (1960)

162 A.2d 452

MATTHEWS v. WARDEN OF MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 5, 1960.


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

The applicant was indicted for the slaying of his brother during a drinking soiree in the applicant's two-room trailer in Olney. On June 10, 1958, the applicant was tried and convicted of second degree murder by a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. He was sentenced to a term of fifteen (15) years by Judge Reeves, this sentence subsequently being reduced to ten (10) years.

The petitioner was represented...

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