Harris v. Langlois

This is a petition for habeas corpus brought by Ronald Harris to determine the validity of his detention by the respondent, a detention previously challenged for different reasons. See Harris v. Langlois, 98 R. I. 387, 202 A.2d 288. The petitioner is in custody pursuant to an order of a justice of the superior court entered on February 18, 1963 committing him to the adult correctional institutions to serve a ten-year sentence for violation of a deferred sentence agreement entered into on November 23, 1955 following a plea of nolo contendere to an indictment charging him with the crime of…