Legal Opinion

McEachern v. State

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided March 2, 1983Published

1Opinion of the Court

456 A.2d 886 (1983)

Richard Alan McEACHERN

v.

STATE of Maine.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Argued January 13, 1983.

Decided March 2, 1983.

Philip C. Worden (orally), Guilford, for plaintiff.

Charles K. Leadbetter, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and GODFREY, ROBERTS, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ.

WATHEN, Justice.

Petitioner, Richard Alan McEachern, appeals from a summary dismissal of his petition for post-conviction review by the Superior Court (Penobscot County). Petitioner argues that the court erred in dismissing his petition without appointing counsel and…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Ross v. MoffittSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. United States v. MacCollomSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. State v. McEachernSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  5. Brine v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1964

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