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Cowans v. Warden

Court of Appeals of Maryland
Nov 18, 1966
223 A.2d 629 (Md. 1966)

Opinion

[App. No. 122, September Term, 1965.]

Decided November 18, 1966.

POST CONVICTION PROCEDURE ACT — Contention That Applicant Was Entitled To A New Trial Under Schowgurow v. State Rejected — Conviction Became Final Upon Filing Of Opinion On The Direct Appeal From Applicant's Conviction, Which Was Prior To Date Of Schowgurow Decision. p. 709

S.K.S.

Decided November 18, 1966.

Application for leave to appeal from the Criminal Court of Baltimore (HARLAN, J.).

Ronald Vernon Cowans instituted a proceeding under the Post Conviction Procedure Act, and from a denial of relief, he applied for leave to appeal.

Application denied.

Before HAMMOND, C.J., and HORNEY, MARBURY, BARNES and McWILLIAMS, JJ.


The application of Ronald Vernon Cowans for leave to appeal from the order denying him post conviction relief from his imprisonment for robbery is hereby denied for the reasons stated in the opinion filed by Judge Harlan in the lower court.

With regard to the contention (raised for the first time in this application for leave to appeal) that the applicant is entitled to a new trial under the decision in Schowgurow v. State, 240 Md. 121, we need only point out that his conviction became final upon the filing of the opinion on direct appeal in Cowans and Hayes v. State, 238 Md. 433, on April 29, 1965. See Waller v. Director, 244 Md. 229.

Application denied.


Summaries of

Cowans v. Warden

Court of Appeals of Maryland
Nov 18, 1966
223 A.2d 629 (Md. 1966)
Case details for

Cowans v. Warden

Case Details

Full title:COWANS v . WARDEN OF MARYLAND PENITENTIARY

Court:Court of Appeals of Maryland

Date published: Nov 18, 1966

Citations

223 A.2d 629 (Md. 1966)
223 A.2d 629

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