Legal Opinion
Fletcher v. Robbins
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided November 9, 1967PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEATHERBEE, Justice.
On appeal.
The petitioner is confined in the Maine State Prison where he is serving a sentence imposed in the Superior Court as a result of having pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit larceny. He was represented by court appointed counsel at that time.
While so confined he has prepared pro se a petition for a statutory writ of habeas corpus alleging that the indictment was void and his sentence invalid and asking the appointment of counsel to represent him because of his indigency. The justice in the superior court found…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- State v. CharetteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1963
- Brine v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1964
- State v. NeddoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1898
- Brine v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
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3Cited by5 opinions
- McEachern v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- Little v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Saleme v. RobbinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
- State v. MartinezNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1970
- McEachern v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983