Sevigny v. Langlois

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We ordered the writ to issue, returnable on February 2, 1962. On that date the cause was argued before us by the public defender on behalf of the petitioner and by an assistant attorney general on behalf of the respondent.

It appears from the petition and from the record of certain proceedings in the superior court that petitioner on May 31, 1967 waived action by the grand jury on a charge of statutory burning and at that time was given a deferred sentence. On August 2, 1968 he was arraigned before a superior court justice as a deferred sentence…