Legal Opinion
Wellman v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 6, 1991PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Justice.
The State of Maine appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Fritzsche, J.) in a post-conviction review proceeding1 that allowed Bruce D. Wellman, the petitioner, to withdraw his guilty pleas upon which his convictions were based. Wellman cross-appeals based on the State’s alleged procedural default.
In 1985, pursuant to the Interstate Compact on Detainers, 34-A M.R.S.A. §§ 9601-*11799636 (1988), Wellman, while serving a New Hampshire prison sentence, was brought to Maine to be tried for crimes of burglary, theft and robbery, for which he had…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. Jose Javier Fernandez and Jorge Cole, Appeal of Jose Javier FernandezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Joseph T. BouthotCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Edward J. McAleney v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- McEachern v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
3Cited by7 opinions
- Aldus v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
- Laferriere v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1997
- State v. BlakesleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2010
- Bruce D. Wellman v. State of MaineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- State v. BrooksSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991
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