Legal Opinion
State v. Morrill
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 5, 1971No. 84-70PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShangraw, J.
This is a petition for review of a sentence, brought under the post-conviction relief statute, 13 V.S.A. § 7131. Relief was denied below and petitioner, Richard L. Morrill, has appealed to this Court under the provisions of 13 V.S.A. § 7135.
On November 2, 1967, the petitioner, age 36, was convicted by' a jury in the Chittenden County Court of the crime of statutory rape and sentenced to be confined in the state prison in Windsor, Vermont, at hard labor for a period of not less than fifteen, or more than twenty years. This sentence was recommended by the state’s attorney.
The statute, 13 V.S.A.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Specht v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Sullivan v. AsheSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- State v. MorrillSupreme Court of Vermont · 1969
- United States v. James Franklin LewisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. RamsaySupreme Court of Vermont · 1985
- State v. PercySupreme Court of Vermont · 1992
- State v. NealeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1985
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1989
- State v. IngersonSupreme Court of Vermont · 2004
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