Bennett v. State

On appeal from discharge of the writ of habeas corpus by a single justice.

Otto Bennett was indicted, tried and convicted, at the October term, 1960, of the Superior Court for Knox County. His exceptions (1) to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict, (2) to 13 allegedly erroneous rulings on evidence and (3) to part of the charge, were overruled by this court. State v. Bennett, 158 Me. 109, 179 A. (2nd) 812 (1962).

Incarcerated in State prison in pursuance of sentence received in those proceedings, Bennett sought further relief from the federal courts on the grounds that his conviction…