Supreme Court of Maryland, 1959

Cothorn v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

Cothorn v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary
Supreme Court of Maryland · Decided November 23, 1959
221 Md. 581; 155 A.2d 652

Cothorn v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The applicant was convicted under three separate indictments of three separate offenses—robbery, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, and assault. None of the individual sentences exceeded the maximum authorized by law. Separate offenses may be punished separately. Williams v. State, 205 Md. 470, 109 A. 2d 89. A disparity between the sentence imposed upon the applicant and that imposed upon his co-defendant affords no basis for relief under the Post Conviction Procedure Act.

Application denied.

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