Legal Opinion

Grass v. State

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided March 16, 1970PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WEBBER, Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for the writ of habeas corpus. On December 5, 1967 Grass pleaded guilty to an indictment charging indecent liberties. He was then represented by competent employed counsel of his own choice. He now and for the first time makes the usual ac cusations that his plea was not made voluntarily and understanding^ and that his then counsel was incompetent and inattentive to his interests. On the basis of evidence which fully supports his decision, the Justice below found that petitioner at the time of his plea fully understood the nature…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Halliday v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Child v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State ex rel. LeBlanc v. HendersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
  2. Flood v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  3. Consiglio v. Warden, Connecticut State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
  4. People v. RizerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
  5. Morgan v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972

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