Legal Opinion

Newell v. State

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided March 16, 1977PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ARCHIBALD, Justice.

On April 25, 1974, the petitioner entered pleas of guilty to informations charging him with assault and battery, high and aggravated (17 M.R.S.A. § 201), and with robbery (17 M.R.S.A. § 3401), and received appropriate sentences to the Maine State Prison. He later filed a petition seeking post conviction relief which was submitted to a single Justice on an agreed statement of facts. The Justice denied the petition and we issued a certificate of probable cause permitting the petitioner to proceed with this appeal. 14 M.R.S.A. § 5508.

We deny the appeal.

The petitioner contends…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. In Re ChapmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
  3. People v. LoganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
  4. United States v. Clyde Eugene Garner, United States of America v. Lorene Brown, United States of America v. Dennis Dwayne GarnerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
  5. State v. ChernickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. BunkerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  2. State v. WilliamsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  3. State v. RiceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
  4. State v. ThorntonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
  5. Christopher R. Ayotte v. State of MaineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2015

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