James G. Hachey, Jr. v. State of Maine

Hachey, who is serving a term for murder committed in the course of a robbery, following an unsuccessful appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court. His petition having been dismissed, and a certificate of probable cause for appeal refused, he seeks such a certificate here.

The petitioner alleges fourteen grounds, many, if not all, in conclusory terms. Some of these, even if fully proved, would establish no invasion of constitutional rights. Among these are that the arrest was illegal; that the petitioner was sent to the state…