PLATER v. WARDEN, MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION

No. 7679.

261 F.2d 445 (1958)

Benjamin F. PLATER, Appellant, v. WARDEN, MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. B. Mutter, Baltimore, Md. (Walter E. Black, Jr., Baltimore, Md., on the brief), Court appointed counsel, for appellant.

James H. Norris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland (C. Ferdinand Sybert, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on the brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

After denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, this prisoner, confined in a state institution, undertook an appeal to this Court without a certificate of probable cause. In accordance with our usual practice, we have reviewed the record and have considered the written and oral arguments of his court-appointed counsel to determine whether or not a Judge of this Court should issue the necessary certificate, and have concluded that...

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