Legal Opinion
In Re Murphy
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 28, 1965No. 1926PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. It is based on the claim of inadequate representation by counsel and invokes the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The record presented in support of the application establishes that the petitioner, Dennis E. Murphy, is held in confinement at the State Prison at Windsor on a mittimus issued by the Orange County Court. Sentence, of not less than fifteen nor more than thirty years, was imposed after the petitioner was adjudged guilty of murder in the second degree on February 13, 1958.
The petitioner was indicted December 5, 1957, for the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Feeley v. RagenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
- In Re MearsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1964
- In Re GreenoughSupreme Court of Vermont · 1950
3Cited by13 opinions
- In Re ClarkSupreme Court of Vermont · 1969
- In Re CroninSupreme Court of Vermont · 1975
- In Re KasperSupreme Court of Vermont · 1982
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Vermont · 1981
- State v. RushfordSupreme Court of Vermont · 1968
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