Legal Opinion
Papolas v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 1, 1967PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBBER, Justice.
On appeal from the denial of post-conviction relief. The petitioner was tried in 1959 and convicted of the crime of murder. He was then represented by competent counsel selected and employed by him. At the time of trial petitioner was in fact indigent but the funds required for the compensation of counsel were provided by petitioner’s par ents and uncle and it was therefore unnecessary to afford him the protection vouchsafed to indigent respondents in capital cases.
The primary issue is whether or not there was an intentional and voluntary relinquishment of a known right of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. KoucoulesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- State v. HealdSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- State v. ThibodeauSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- Brine v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
- Mottram v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
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