Gilbert v. State

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

In his petition for post-conviction relief, Andre Roger Gilbert, who in 1951 was sen tenced for life to Maine State Prison, contends that the Parole Board erred in 1975 in revoking his prior parole and in consistently denying him parole ever since. On the authority of Bossie v. State, 488 A.2d 477 (Me.1985), the Superior Court (Cumberland County) dismissed Gilbert’s petition on the ground that the relief he seeks, parole and ultimate discharge, is of the type that neither the court nor the Parole Board has any power to grant to him because he was sentenced to life…