Legal Opinion
Bessey v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided November 22, 1972PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POMEROY, Justice.
The matter now before us was originated by a petition for writ of habeas corpus (post-conviction), pursuant to 14 M.R. S.A. 5501 et seq.
In due course the petition was assigned to a single Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court sitting in the Superior Court who thereupon ordered the action to be reported to the Law Court by agreement of the parties made agreeably to Maine Rules of Civil Procedure 72(a), that this Court might “render such decision as the rights of the parties require.”
The agreement for report stipulates that the report to this Court is “for final decision by…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- State v. SlorahSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1919
- Edmond Waker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1965
- State v. WilburSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1971
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. LaffertySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- State v. BowdenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
- State v. EatonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- State v. GagneSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- State v. BridgesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
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