Stapleford v. Perrin

Jerome H. Stapleford petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus in response to an order that he begin serving a previously suspended sentence; he also filed an appeal challenging the imposition of a sentence on a conviction which had been marked “Continued for Sentence.” These cases were consolidated for briefing and argument because they both arise out of the same proceeding in Superior Court {Bean, J.). Stapleford asserts that the procedures afforded him when the sentences were imposed were constitutionally inadequate. For the following reasons, we remand.

On December 18, 1980,…