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Supreme Court of Maryland, 1958

Shields v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

Shields v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction
Supreme Court of Maryland · Decided October 23, 1958
218 Md. 634; 145 A.2d 279
Shields v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

This is an application by Nathaniel Shields for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus.

The petitioner was denied an application for such leave to appeal by this Court in Shields v. Warden, 212 Md. 655. *635The only additional allegation raised on this appeal is that there was not sufficient evidence presented during the trial of the petitioner to justify a conviction. It is well settled that habeas corpus proceedings are not intended to be, and cannot be used as, a substitute for a motion for a new trial or an appeal, and that the sufficiency of the evidence cannot be raised by a habeas corpus proceeding. Langrehr v. Warden, 214 Md. 645; Smith v. Warden, 214 Md. 666.

Application denied, with costs.

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