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NORTHINGTON v. WARDEN OF MARYLAND PENITENTIARY

POST CONVICTION PROCEDURE ACT — Evidence — Sufficiency Or Weight Of. The sufficiency or weight of the evidence cannot be raised in a post conviction proceeding. p. 587

POST CONVICTION PROCEDURE ACT — Right Of Appeal — Failure To Advise As To. The failure to advise as to a right of appeal is not equivalent to a denial of the right, and in this post conviction case the Court noted that the petitioner was represented by counsel. p. 587

POST CONVICTION PROCEDURE ACT — Perjury — Bald Allegation Of. A bald allegation of perjury does not call for relief under the Post Conviction Procedure Act. p. 587

J.E.B.

Decided November 23, 1959.

PER CURIAM.

In this application for leave to appeal from denial of a petition for relief under the Post Conviction Procedure Act, the applicant contends: (1) That there was insufficient evidence to convict of statutory rape, (2) that the testimony of the girl was contradictory and vague, (3) that he was not advised of his right to appeal, and (4) that the girl and her mother testified falsely. As to (1) and (2) we have repeatedly held that the sufficiency or weight of evidence cannot be raised in such a proceeding as this. As to (3), the applicant was represented by counsel, and it is clear that failure to advise as to a right of appeal is not equivalent to a denial of the right. See Davis v. Warden, 217 Md. 662; Cooper v. Warden, 214 Md. 629, 632; Finley v. Warden, 211 Md. 650, 652. As to (4), the bald allegation of perjury does not call for relief under the Act. State v. D'Onofrio, 221 Md. 20.

Application denied.

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NORTHINGTON v. WARDEN
(Nov 23, 1959)