SMALLWOOD v. WARDEN, MARYLAND PENITENTIARY

Civ. No. 10757.

205 F.Supp. 325 (1962)

Eugene SMALLWOOD v. WARDEN, MARYLAND PENITENTIARY.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

May 24, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Cadigan, Baltimore, Md., for petitioner.

Thomas B. Finan, Atty. Gen., and Robert F. Sweeney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Md., for respondent.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

Eugene Smallwood, the petitioner, was found guilty of rape in the Circuit Court for Charles County, Maryland, and on May 22, 1957, was sentenced to life imprisonment. After exhausting his State remedies he filed his third petition in this Court for a writ of habeas corpus and alleged facts which impelled the court to issue the writ and to appoint counsel. Through his counsel Smallwood contends that...

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