Opinion
[H.C. No. 105, September Term, 1957.]
Decided May 27, 1958.
HABEAS CORPUS — Contacting Attorney, Family, Friends — Alleged Denial of Opportunity of. There was no merit to a complaint on habeas corpus that petitioner was tried and convicted on criminal charges without his "being able to contact an attorney, or family or friends", where nothing in the record indicated that he requested, or was denied, an opportunity to do so. p. 650
J.E.B. Decided May 27, 1958.
Habeas corpus proceeding by Joseph Jesse Reeder against the Warden of the Maryland House of Correction. From a refusal of the writ, petitioner applied for leave to appeal.
Application denied, with costs.
Before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.
Applicant for leave to appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Cullen of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore was sentenced by a magistrate to three months for disorderly conduct and twelve months for assaulting a police officer, sentences to run consecutively. (Although he claims that one of the three months was for "walking into an automobile", the record refutes his claim.) He says that he was tried and convicted without his "being able to contact an attorney, or family or friends."
Nothing in the record indicates that the applicant requested, or that he was denied, the opportunity to contact counsel, family, or friends.
Application denied, with costs.