Legal Opinion
Pailin v. Vose
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 24, 1992No. 91-350-M.PPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY, Justice.
This petition for a writ of habeas corpus was brought by Daron S. Pailin (Pailin) to obtain his discharge from the allegedly unlawful custody of the respondent, George Vose, director of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections. The defendant is currently serving a sentence in the Adult Correctional Institutions for a 1987 robbery conviction that was upheld on direct appeal in State v. Pailon, 590 A.2d 858 (R.I.1991). 1 The basis for the instant petition is the validity of Pailin’s waiver to a jury of twelve during his 1987 trial. The facts underlying the waiver are as…
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