Legal Opinion
Wood v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 5, 1965PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
The Petitioner before the Superior Court in October 1956 was accused by indictment, tried and found guilty of the felony of attempted escape from State Prison. He is serving the sentence for that crime and at State expense has petitioned for post conviction - habeas corpus relief under the provisions of R. S., 1954, c. 126, §§ 1-A - 1-G, additional. A hearing has been held upon his petition which was denied by the presiding justice. Petitioner appeals from that decision.
Subsequent to the jury’s verdict of guilty in 1956 through his trial counsel the petitioner had filed in conventional form a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- W. C. Dodd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Larry C. Glouser v. United States of America, Raymond P. Gearhart, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor v. Riegel Textile, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Stillman E. Wilbur, Jr., Applicant v. State of MaineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Brine v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
- State v. CallSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- State v. BlierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
- Wood v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1966
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