Cressey v. State

On appeal from dismissal of petition for post-conviction relief.

The chronology, in pertinent detail, of the appellant’s appearances before the Superior Court, out of which his current petition for post-conviction relief arises, is as follows:

October Term 1962, Criminal Docket No. 3420, Sagadahoc County, petitioner while on parole from sentence upon conviction for crime against nature was indicted for a similar offense. The court appointed counsel, and on October 16, 1962 after conviction by jury, he was sentenced to serve not less than three years and not more than eight years in the State…