Welborn v. Warden

Per Curiam. This is an application for leave to appeal from an order of January 31, 1967, of Judge E. McMaster Duer, presiding in the Circuit Court for Worcester County, denying relief sought by the applicant under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act. On June 22, 1965, the applicant pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Judge Daniel T. Prettyman presiding, on three informations filed against him charging false pretenses. In each case he was found guilty and sentenced to a term of three years, the sentences to run concurrently.

The sentences were suspended and the appellant was placed on proba ³⁵³ tion, the docket entries reading the same in each case as follows : “Sentence suspended and defendant placed on probation with the Department of Parole and Probation subject to their usual conditions and upon the following additional conditions: That within ninety (90) days after being placed on probation or parole from the charges now pending against him in other counties of this State he make restitution for Court costs, including Court Appointed Counsel fees. That within one (1) year after being placed on probation or parole from the charges now pending against him in other counties of this State he make restitution to the Exchange & Savings Bank of Berlin, Maryland, the principal amount of the checks in a weekly amount to be determined by the Department of Parole and Probation. He is to furnish support and maintenance for his wife and minor children in such an amount to be determined by the Department of Parole and Probation after consultation with the Court. He is not to consume any alcoholic beverage and he is to go to the Wicomico County Mental Health Clinic for as long as the attending psychiatrist deems same to be necessary.” On August 17, 1965, Judge Prettyman, upon petition, issued a warrant charging the applicant with having violated his probation by consuming alcoholic beverages.

After a hearing before Judge Prettyman on February 18, 1966, at which the applicant was represented by counsel, he was found guilty. The court ordered that the suspension of confinement of June 22, 1965, be revoked in each case and that the applicant be confined for a term of three years in each case, accounting from February 18, 1966, the sentences to run concurrently. The judgment was not appealed. On August 29, 1966, the applicant filed a petition for relief under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act alleging in substance that the evidence was not