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ANDERSON v. WARDEN, MARYLAND PENITENTIARY

Nos. 81-6626, 81-6627.

670 F.2d 1339 (1982)

Roland ANDERSON, # 115181, Appellee, v. WARDEN, MARYLAND PENITENTIARY, Appellant. Roland ANDERSON, # 115181, Appellant, v. WARDEN, MARYLAND PENITENTIARY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce C. Bereano, Annapolis, Md., for appellee/cross-appellant.

Patricia E. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Md. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen. of Md., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant/cross-appellee.

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

K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

The State of Maryland appeals from the grant of a writ of habeas corpus issued by the district court setting aside the state court conviction of Roland Anderson because of misconduct on the part of the trial judge. We find that the trial judge committed error and we do not condone what he did. However, the overwhelming evidence supports the conviction, and therefore we find the error harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. Chapman v. California...

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