Legal Opinion
Cole v. Langlois
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided January 13, 1965No. M.P. No. 1662PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
This petition .for habeas corpus was brought to obtain the discharge of the petitioner .from the allegedly unlawful custody of the respondent ¡warden. The petitioner has been in the respondent’s custody since March 31, 1964, at which time a justice of the superior court, upon a plea of nolo contendere entered by the petitioner’s counsel, imposed a sentence of five years.
Robert Cole, herein referred to as petitioner, had been indicted by a grand jury and 'charged with the commission of the crime of robbery. The indictment No. 32347 was .returned after the apprehension of Cole on the charge of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Moore v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. Billie Frield SwaggertyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by31 opinions
- State v. FigueroaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
- Ouimette v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
- State v. MendesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1965
- Bishop v. LangloisSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1969
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2002
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