Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided May 5, 1971PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

In October of 1969 the Sagadahoc County Grand Jury returned against Petitioner two indictments which contained a total of six counts. Two of these counts charged Petitioner with offenses of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature upon each of two step-daughters. Petitioner entered pleas of guilty to both of these counts and was sentenced to serve concurrent State Prison terms of 1)4 to 5 years. He was confined in the prison at the time he filed this petition for the statutory writ of post-conviction habeas corpus attacking the validity of one of his convictions.

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Brine v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1964
  2. State v. MahoneySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1923
  3. Weeks v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
  4. Joy v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. DavenportSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
  2. State v. WorreySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
  3. State v. GagneSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
  4. McEachern v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  5. State v. PinnetteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975

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