Supreme Court of Maryland, 1947

Stanton v. Wright

Stanton v. Wright
Supreme Court of Maryland · Decided November 14, 1947 · Marbury, Delaplaine, Collins, Henderson, Markell
55 A.2d 708; 189 Md. 303; 1947 Md. LEXIS 349 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)

Stanton v. Wright

Opinion of the Court

Henderson, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant was convicted of robbery in the Circuit Court for Harford County and sentenced to four years imprisonment. He filed a petition for a writ of habeas *304 corpus in Baltimore City, and appealed here from its refusal. The petitioner argues that the conviction was erroneous, that he did not rob anyone, merely accepted money from another man, with whom he went on a drinking party; that this other man plead guilty but did not incriminate the appellant. In short, the petition seeks a review of the sufficiency of the evidence. As we have repeatedly pointed out, we cannot review the sufficiency of evidence in a habeas corpus proceeding. Rexroad v. Warden, 188 Md. 498, 53 A. 2d 273; Nance v. Warden, 189 Md. 94, 53 A. 2d 554.

Order affirmed, without costs.

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