Legal Opinion
Boyce v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 17, 1969PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEATHERBEE, Justice.
On appeal.
In September of 1967 petitioner, who had been committed to the Reformatory for Men (which later became the Men’s Correctional Center) pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with escape and was sentenced to serve a term of one and one-half to three years in the Maine State Prison. Three months later he brought this petition for the statutory writ of post-conviction habeas corpus (14 M.R.S.A., Section 5502) alleging that the indictment to which he had pleaded guilty was insufficient at law. The Single Justice below ordered the petition dismissed. We find no…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. CharetteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1963
- Smith v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1950
- Johnson v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Hamner v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1966
- Ford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. CampbellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- State v. HolbrookSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- State v. FurlongSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1972
- State v. LeboSupreme Court of Vermont · 1971
- Chapman v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
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