Christian v. State

DUFRESNE, Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of post-conviction relief under 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 5502-5508. The appellant was convicted of the crime of rape by a Cumberland County jury in December, 1966 and is serving his sentence to a term in Maine State Prison of not less than 4 years and not more than 10 years. The issue raised in the habeas corpus proceeding and carried to this Court on appeal is whether his imprisonment is illegal for the reason, so he claims,, that the trial jury which convicted him was un lawfully constituted, both in violation of his rights under the Constitutions…