Legal Opinion

Flint v. Sharkey

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided August 14, 1970No. 916-M. PPublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*532Kelleher, J.

This is a petition for habeas corpus wherein the petitioner seeks to vacate a plea of guilty he gave to an indictment charging him with robbery. His prayers for relief are grounded on his sworn statements that his plea was neither an intelligent nor a voluntary act.

In February 1964, petitioner was charged with robbery in three separate indictments. Two of the indictments concerned the holdup of a loan company. The third indictment related to the holdup at a liquor store. The petitioner who was represented by the public defender’s office entered pleas of not guilty to all the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. In Re TahlCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Halliday v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Flood v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  2. Ouimette v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
  3. Consiglio v. Warden, Connecticut State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
  4. Morgan v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
  5. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979

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