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ROBINSON v. WARDEN, MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION

No. 71-1234.

455 F.2d 1172 (1972)

Cecil H. ROBINSON, Appellant, v. WARDEN, MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Smith, Richmond, Va. (court-appointed counsel) [Christian, Barton, Parker, Epps & Brent, Richmond, Va., on brief], for appellant.

John P. Stafford, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland [Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, and Alfred J. O'Ferrall, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief], for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Cecil H. Robinson challenges the constitutionality of Maryland's sentence review act because it allows the reviewing panel to increase a prisoner's sentence. He contends that the increased sentence imposed on him after review violated the constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy, denied him due process of law, and constituted cruel and unusual punishment. The district court denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm...

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