Legal Opinion
Woodmansee v. Smith
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 3, 1972No. 5-71PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtShangraw, C.J.
This is an appeal from the Windsor County Court’s denial of a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus brought by the petitioner seeking his release from the Vermont State Prison where he is now confined.
Petitioner was found guilty by a jury verdict in the. District Court of Vermont, Unit No. 2, Addison Circuit, of a violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1801 entitled “Forgery and counterfeiting of papers, documents, etc.”. On March 27, 1969, he was sentenced to serve a term of not less than 5 years nor more than 10 years in the State Prison. A mittimus was issued on May 5, 1969. An appeal was taken to this…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re MayerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1973