Randall v. State

WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from denial of post-conviction relief under 14 M.R.S.A. § 5501. The issue is whether petitioner Randall’s plea of guilty to a charge of robbery was accepted in the Superior Court in violation of his constitutional rights.

The State attacks the jurisdiction of the Law Court to entertain the appeal. The case has had a long and confusing history.

On December 30, 1965, the petition for habeas corpus was denied and an appeal seasonably noted. Not until 1969, however, was the appeal perfected. In the meantime, the official court reporter in the Superior…