Legal Opinion

Weeks v. State

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 16, 1970PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUFRESNE, Justice.

Charged with felonious assault, the ap-pellee, Bruce C. Weeks, entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to a term in Maine State Prison of not less than two years and not more than four years. He was committed on September 23, 1966, but, due to the fact that the felonious assault conviction was for an offense while on parole, Weeks did not start serving his assault sentence until June 22, 1967. By inadvertence, however, the judgment of the Superior Court and the order of commitment in the felonious assault case erroneously recited that the defendant Weeks was convicted “of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  4. Eddie W. Patton v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  5. Pasquale J. Marano, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HyattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  2. State v. Ann Marie C.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  3. State v. PalmerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  4. State v. TiseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1971
  5. State v. KeeganSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972

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