Case Name: BURGESS v. WARDEN OF MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION
Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 1959-12-22
Citations: 221 Md. 610
Docket Number: P. C. No. 64
Parties: BURGESS v. WARDEN OF MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION
Judges: 
Reporter: Maryland Reports
Volume: 221
Pages: 610–611

Head Matter:
BURGESS v. WARDEN OF MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION
[P. C. No. 64,
September Term, 1959.]
Decided December 22, 1959.
Before Brune, C. J., and Henderson, Hammond, Prescott and Horney, JJ.

Opinion:
PER Curiam.
For the reasons set forth in the opinion of Judge Digges in the court below, this application for leave to appeal under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act is denied. The applicant raised nine points of contention below, all of which go to the sufficiency of the evidence or the form of the indictment and cannot be raised under post conviction procedure. Whitley v. Warden, 209 Md. 629; Medley v. Warden, 207 Md. 634, 636. Grounds which were not raised in the proceeding in the court below may not be raised for the first time on appeal. Code (1959 Cum. Supp.), Art. 27, sec. 645H; Shifflett v. Warden, 220 Md. 667, 155 A. 2d 68; Culley v. Warden, 220 Md. 687, 154 A. 2d 813.
Application denied.