Legal Opinion
Davis v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 22, 1973PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFRESNE, Chief Justice.
The appellant, Donald C. Davis, appeals to the Law Court under 14 M.R.S.A. § 5508 from the unfavorable judgment of a Single Justice which denied him relief from a 1957 conviction of the crime of arson upon plea of guilty to such charge and left standing the ensuing sentence to Maine State Prison for a term of not less than 50 years and not more than 100 years. At the time of the hearing of the post-conviction habeas corpus, the appellant was on parole from said sentence.
Arrested on August 22, 1957 for violation of Section 2, Chapter 131 of the Revised Statutes of…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by18 opinions
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