Legal Opinion
Dwyer v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 22, 1958PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
On December 2, A. D. 1937 the petitioner, then on trial for the murder of Dr. James G. Littlefield, retracted his recorded plea of not guilty, pleaded guilty and was adjudged guilty. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and has been continuously confined in execution of that sentence.
On April 8, A.D. 1957 the petitioner sought a writ of error coram nobis and in May, 1957 such a writ was issued. He alleged that his plea of guilty had been wrung from him by the duress and intimidation of Francis M. Carroll, a deputy sheriff, that legal counsel assigned to him by court appointment for his…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- State v. BrinkleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1945
- Commonwealth v. RetkovitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Commonwealth v. CorcoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Louisville N. R. Co. v. ScottSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MeechMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- State v. BoobarSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994
- Mayo S. Levenson v. Peter Mills, United States Attorney, MovantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1961