APPLICATION OF DeTORO

Civ. A. No. 14759.

222 F.Supp. 621 (1963)

In the Matter of the Application of Percy DeTORO for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

October 17, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. McCarthy, Baltimore, Md., for petitioner.

Thomas B. Finan, Atty. Gen., of Maryland, and Franklin Goldstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent


NORTHROP, District Judge.

Percy DeToro, petitioner herein for a writ of habeas corpus, was found guilty of murder in the first degree by the Criminal Court of Baltimore City sitting without a jury. He was sentenced to death.

DeToro's state remedies having been exhausted, this court stayed his execution pending a hearing at which the petitioner was present, represented by able counsel; arguments and briefs were submitted by the parties.

Petitioner presents...

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