Legal Opinion
Lamothe v. Robbins
District Court, D. Maine
Decided November 28, 1961No. Civ. No. 6-174PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIGNOUX, District Judge. .
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a prisoner presently serving a life sentence in the Maine State Prison. The sentence was imposed following petitioner’s conviction upon his plea of guilty to the crime of murder, entered at the May, 1948 Term of the Lincoln County, Maine, Superior Court. His petition for habeas corpus, accompanied by an affidavit of poverty, was filed with this Court on February 3, 1961. It attacks petitioner’s conviction and sentence upon the ground that he was denied due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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3Cited by2 opinions
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