Legal Opinion
Cote v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 31, 1972PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFRESNE, Chief Justice.
Indicted for escape from the Men’s Correctional Center in Windham, Maine, petitioner, Patrick J. Cote, chose to enter a plea of guilty to the charge. The arraignment and acceptance of the plea took place on January 23, 1969. Incarcerated at the Maine State Prison under sentence to a term of not less than U/2 years and not more than 3 years, Cote filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A., §§ 5502-5508. He was then represented by court-appointed counsel other than the attorney who represented him at the trial level. He now makes the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Morgan v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
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