THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
In May 1960, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, Robert M. Smith (petitioner) was convicted by Judge Cullen, sitting without a jury, of the second degree murder of Edmund Lake, known as "the Shadow", and was sentenced to a term of 18 years. At his trial petitioner was represented by an attorney whom he had known for 10 or 15 years and who had represented him in a number of civil cases.
No appeal was taken from the conviction, but in 1964...
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