Post conviction opinions, 1958-1972.

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Post conviction opinions, 1958-1972.

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Judges' decisions on wheter or not to grant an appeal. Related to the Post Conviction Applications series [MSA S0388]. Many pertain to capital punishment.

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Maryland State Archives

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Maryland (Colony). Court of Appeals.

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Maryland. Court of Appeals

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The Court of Appeals was established in 1694 by a commission sent with royal governor Francis Nicholson. Prior to 1681, the Governor and members of the Council, who constituted the upper house of the Assembly, exercised appellate jurisdiction much as the House of Lords in England. Appeals were not uncommon, despite the fact that the Governor and Council also sat as the judges of the Provincial Court where the appealed cases originated. This redundancy and questions about the legal r...