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Tucker v. Warden

Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jan 6, 1966
215 A.2d 476 (Md. 1966)

Opinion

[App. No. 66, September Term, 1965.]

Decided January 6, 1966.

POST CONVICTION PROCEDURE ACT — Application For Leave To Appeal Rendered Moot Where Petitioner Was No Longer "Incarcerated Under Sentence Of * * * Imprisonment" — Acts Of 1965, Chap. 442. p. 738

S.K.S.

Decided January 6, 1966.

Application for leave to appeal from the Criminal Court of Baltimore (FOSTER, J.).

Charles S. Tucker instituted a proceeding under the Post Conviction Procedure Act, and from a denial of relief, he applied for leave to appeal.

Application denied.

Before PRESCOTT, C.J., and HAMMOND, MARBURY, OPPENHEIMER and McWILLIAMS, JJ.


It appearing to the Court that the petitioner is no longer "incarcerated under sentence of * * * imprisonment" (Acts of 1965, Chapter 442), and, as a consequence thereof, his application for leave to appeal has been rendered moot, the application must, therefore, be dismissed.

Application dismissed.


Summaries of

Tucker v. Warden

Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jan 6, 1966
215 A.2d 476 (Md. 1966)
Case details for

Tucker v. Warden

Case Details

Full title:TUCKER v . WARDEN OF THE MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION

Court:Court of Appeals of Maryland

Date published: Jan 6, 1966

Citations

215 A.2d 476 (Md. 1966)
215 A.2d 476

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