Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

243 Md. 696

221 A.2d 906

Docket [App. No. 108, September Term, 1965.]

Mefford v. Warden

MEFFORD v. WARDEN OF MARYLAND PENITENTIARY

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided July 26, 1966.

Court of Appeals of Maryland · decided 1966-07-26

Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently July 1969

3 federal appellate · 4 district ·

Relies on Mefford and Blackburn v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1966-07-26

View the full empirical analysis of this case →

¶1Before the entire Court.

¶2PER CURIAM:

¶3This application for leave to appeal from a denial of post conviction relief by Judge Menchine arises out of facts set forth in elaborate detail in Mefford v. State,235 Md. 497, 201 A.2d 824 (1964). Petitioner contends that he was denied due process in his original trial by a combination of the inexperience of assigned counsel and the prosecuting attitude of the trial judge. Judge Menchine made an express finding that petitioner's counsel had "carried out his duties in the defense of the Petitioner with competence and vigor." He also found that the trial judge's participation in the trial "did not in any sense constitute judicial impropriety." We find in the record ample support for these findings.

¶4Application denied.

/243/md/696 · .json · Public domain