Legal Opinion
Breest v. Moran
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided September 9, 1983No. Civ. A. 83-0330SPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SELYA, District Judge.
This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus in which the petitioner seeks release from incarceration at the Adult Correctional Institution, Cranston, Rhode Island (“ACI”). Petitioner was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree in the New Hampshire Superior Court (Merrimack County) in March of 1973.
He was sentenced to 40 years to life, the sentence requiring that no less than the 40 years actually be served. The petitioner appealed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court which found no reason to overturn either his conviction or the…
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