Jordan v. State

Nov 15, 1967
20, September Term, 1967
Reporters:
,
Before:
Murphy
Per Curiam.

Daniel Jordan was convicted of murder in the second ‍​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍degree in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, before Judge James A. Perrott sitting without a jury. Jordan, now, ‍​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍complains that he was deprived of due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the ‍​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍United States because of inadequate court appointed counsel. This question was not raised below; therefore, it is not properly ‍​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍before this court, Maryland Rule 1085. We have repeatedly invoked this Rule in similar cases because, among other ‍​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍reasons, counsel has had no opportunity to defend himself.

Judgment affirmed.