Crandall v. State

ARCHIBALD, Justice.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of the appellant’s petition for relief instituted pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. § 5502 (post-conviction habeas corpus).

The appellant was indicted for a violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 1601 (cheating by false pretenses) and, following a jury trial, was convicted. The petitioner retained counsel at the time of his original arrest on the charge some four months prior to trial, and the attorney so retained represented him throughout the bind-over process in the District Court and the jury trial in the Superior Court. He was sentenced to the Men’s…