SPRINGER v. COLLINS

No. 78-6062.

586 F.2d 329 (1978)

Robert Bruce SPRINGER, Appellee, v. George COLLINS, Warden of the Maryland Penitentiary, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Bill Burch, Atty. Gen. of Md., Clarence W. Sharp, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Md., Chief, Crim. Div., John P. Stafford, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. of Md., Baltimore, Md., on brief for the appellant.

Roland Walker, Baltimore Md., on brief, for appellee.

Before WINTER and HALL, Circuit Judges, and FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge.


FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:

After waiving trial by jury, Robert Bruce Springer was tried to the court and convicted in the Circuit Court for Cecil County, Maryland, of carnal knowledge of a female child under the age of fourteen years, as well as the possession and distribution of certain controlled drugs. Springer did not appeal his conviction, but subsequently sought relief in the state court under the Maryland Post Conviction Procedure Act, charging that the failure...

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