Legal Opinion
Stillman E. Wilbur, Jr., Applicant v. State of Maine
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 12, 1970No. 7535_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, found guilty of murder by a jury on June 4, 1966, immediately requested an appeal, for which the trial court appointed two counsel to represent him. However, when his appeal was dismissed for want of prosecution in February 1969 and a motion to reinstate his appeal was denied by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in September, petitioner — claiming his appeal had been lost by ineffective counsel — sought a writ of habeas corpus from the federal district court, which denied his petition for failure to exhaust state remedies. Petitioner comes to us seeking the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Rodriquez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Horace Edward Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- George C. Desmond v. United States of America, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Lewis H. Dickerson v. Robert Walsh, Superintendent, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States Ex Rel. Nathaniel Williams v. J. E. Lavallee, Warden of Clinton Correctional Facility, Dannemora, N. Y.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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