Legal Opinion
Bennett v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 29, 1972PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFRESNE, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal by Otto Bennett from a decree of a Single Justice denying on its merits petitioner’s claim for relief under our post-conviction habeas corpus statute, 14 M.R.S.A., §§ 5502-5508.
Convicted on October 20, 1960 of the offense of having carnally known a female child of eleven years in contravention of R.S., c. 130, § 10 (now 17 M.R.S.A., § 3151), Bennett was sentenced to the Maine State Prison for a term of not less than five (5) nor more than ten (10) years. He carried exceptions to this Court which were overruled in State of Maine v. Bennett, 1962, 158…
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