Legal Opinion
Newell v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 1, 1971PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEATHERBEE, Justice.
Petitioner was convicted in one of our District Courts of the offenses of intoxication in a public place and breaking arrest. Both offenses are misdemeanors. The first charge contained an allegation of prior convictions ■ and carried a possible punishment of a fine of not more than $60.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. The punishment for the second charge may be a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 11 months. This petition for the statutory writ of post-conviction habeas corpus attacks the validity of these convictions on the…
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