Seeley v. State

GODFREY, Justice.

Frederick R. Seeley appeals from an order of the Superior Court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 14 M.R.S.A. § 5501 (1980). In November of 1976, Frederick Seeley, brandishing a firearm during a family argument, shot and killed his granddaughter and seriously wounded his son-in-law. On January 5, 1977, the grand jury in Washington County returned two indictments charging the peti*609tioner with first degree homicide, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201 (Supp.1976), and aggravated assualt, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 208 (Supp.1976). After the jury was impaneled and trial commenced,…