Smith v. Warden of Md. Penitentiary

Decision Date24 September 1963
Docket NumberNo. 48,48
Citation232 Md. 650,193 A.2d 853
PartiesWilliam SMITH v. WARDEN OF the MARYLAND PENITENTIARY. Post Conviction
CourtMaryland Court of Appeals

Before BRUNE, C. J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT, HORNEY, MARBURY and SYBERT, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

On March 20, 1961, applicant, through his privately retained counsel, pleaded not guilty to an indictment, the first count of which charged robbery with a deadly weapon. On April 27, 1961, he withdrew that plea and entered a plea of guilty on the first count. Judge Sodaro, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, on the same day, sentenced him to twenty years in the penitentiary, from which judgment and sentence the applicant took no timely appeal in accordance with Maryland Rule 812a. On June 21, 1961, the clerk of the Criminal Court of Baltimore received a 'Notice of Appeal', dated June 20, 1961, which stated that petitioner desired to appeal from a judgment and sentence on 'May 26, 1961.' The clerk, noting the correct date of the judgment and sentence, advised petitioner that 'the time for filing the appeal, which is thirty days, has expired so that your rights to the appeal have been forfeited.'

Smith, on August 10, 1961, then filed his petition for post conviction relief. There followed a delay pending his forwarding the necessary filing fee of $3.75.

In his petition Smith...

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  • Hamm v. Warden, Md. Penitentiary
    • United States
    • Maryland Court of Appeals
    • November 16, 1965
    ...an application for leave to appeal. Davis v. Warden, 235 Md. 637, 201 A.2d 672; Lomax v. Warden, 232 Md. 657, 194 A.2d 269; Smith v. Warden, 232 Md. 650, 193 A.2d 853; Byrd v. Warden, 222 Md. 577, 158 A.2d Two of these claims together present the contention that he was denied his constituti......
  • Lomax v. Warden of Md. Penitentiary
    • United States
    • Maryland Court of Appeals
    • October 18, 1963
    ...settled that claims not asserted in the lower court will not be considered by this Court on an application for leave to appeal. Smith v. Warden, Md., 193 A.2d 853; Byrd v. Warden, 222 Md. 577, 158 A.2d Application denied. ...

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