Morigeau v. State

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an original proceeding wherein petitioner seeks a writ of review or other appropriate post-conviction remedy. Following an ex parte hearing an alternative order to show cause was issued by this court on December 20, 1966. An answer and return was filed by the attorney general’s office on behalf of the respondents. The matter was argued before this court on January 6, 1967.

The record discloses that on January 29, 1965, petitioner and two other defendants were jointly charged in a two count information with the crimes…