Brennan v. Cunningham

This is an appeal from an order of the Superior *601Court (Cann, J.) dismissing the plaintiff’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus for failure to state a cause of action. We affirm.

On September 21, 1966, the petitioner, Robert Brennan, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the bludgeoning death of a six-year-old boy. Brennan was sentenced to life imprisonment. Under the parole statute in effect at that time, RSA 651:45(a) (recodified at RSA 651-A:7 (Supp. 1983)), the life sentence automatically carried with it a minimum of eighteen years minus any good time credits. As to Brennan, this…