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Thompson v. Warden

Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jun 15, 1951
81 A.2d 596 (Md. 1951)

Opinion

[H.C. 44, October Term, 1950.]

Decided June 15, 1951.

HABEAS CORPUS — Speedy Trial — Denial of. Where petitioner did not protest about his being held in jail for 6 months without a hearing or notify the State's Attorney or a judge of the circuit where he was held that he wanted speedy trial, he waives the same and his right to a speedy trial cannot be considered on habeas corpus. p. 669

HABEAS CORPUS — Evidence — Perjured. The commission of perjury by witnesses cannot be reviewed on habeas corpus. pp. 669-670

HABEAS CORPUS — Evidence — Sufficiency of. The legal sufficiency of evidence to convict cannot be reviewed on habeas corpus. p. 670

Decided June 15, 1951.

Habeas corpus proceeding by State of Maryland, on the relation of William Edward Thompson against Warden of Maryland Penitentiary. From a refusal of the writ, petitioner applied for leave to appeal.

Application denied.

Before MARBURY, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, GRASON, HENDERSON and MARKELL, JJ.


This is an application for leave to appeal from the refusal of a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Mish, sitting in the Circuit Court for Allegany County.

The applicant was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court for Worcester County of burglary and larceny, and is now confined under sentence in the Maryland Penitentiary. His petition for the writ (which was filed by his attorney, Joseph Kadans) charges first that after his arrest on October 18, 1944, he was held in custody for six months without a hearing, and that he was denied a speedy trial. He does not charge that he protested against the delay, or that he notified the States Attorney or the judge of the Circuit Court for Worcester County that he wanted a speedy trial. He, therefore, waived the same and it cannot be considered on a writ of habeas corpus. Harris v. State, 194 Md. 288, 71 A.2d 36.

The second point is that a State witness testified falsely at his trial, and the third point is that there was no testimony at his trial identifying him as the person guilty of the crime.

"The legal sufficiency of the evidence, or the question of guilt or innocence, or the commission of perjury by witnesses, cannot be made a basis for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus."

Chinquina v. Warden of Md. House of Correction, 198 Md. 658, 659, 80 A.2d 612, 613.

Application denied, with costs.


Summaries of

Thompson v. Warden

Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jun 15, 1951
81 A.2d 596 (Md. 1951)
Case details for

Thompson v. Warden

Case Details

Full title:THOMPSON v . WARDEN OF MARYLAND PENITENTIARY

Court:Court of Appeals of Maryland

Date published: Jun 15, 1951

Citations

81 A.2d 596 (Md. 1951)
81 A.2d 596

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