Thoresen v. State

WEBBER, Justice.

This was a petition for post conviction relief. A motion to dismiss fil^d by the respondent was granted below. Dismissal was predicated upon the fact tjiat the petitioner is not now under any actual or technical restraint in Maine. On apjpeal we look to the allegations of the petition to ascertain whether or not it recites valid ¡facts which, if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. |

The petition asserts that in 1959 the petitioner was arrested and charged with larceny of pictures. Petitioner employed an attorney to represent him. Thereafter petitioner elected to…