Heath v. Vitek

This petition for habeas corpus in many of its material aspects parallels the case of St. Pierre v. Vitek, 114 N.H. 766, 330 A.2d 117 (1974). A distinguishing feature is that the determinative events in the case now before us took place in 1950, over twenty-three years before this petition was filed in the superior court on June 22, 1973. At the hearing before Morris, J., on April 5, 1974, and later in this court, plaintiff was represented both by counsel assigned by the court in December 1973, and by counsel for amicus curiae. Beside seeking to turn back the pages of history by applying post…