Legal Opinion
In Re Garceau's Petition
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided July 23, 1965No. 1908PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, C. J.
The petitioner, Roland Garceau, is in confinement at the State Prison in Windsor. He is held there on a mittimus issued by the Chittenden County Court on January 6, 1964. The mittimus follows the respondent’s conviction on his plea of guilty to the offenses of attempted arson, burglary in the nighttime, posession of burglary tools and grand larceny, committed on November 16, 1963. He was sentenced to be confined at hard labor for a term of not less than three nor more than six years on each count with the sentences to run concurrently.
The petitioner seeks release from this commitment by…
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