POWERS v. LANGLOIS

M. P. No. 1288.

153 A.2d 535 (1959)

Milton E. POWERS, v. Harold V. LANGLOIS, Warden.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 28, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aram A. Arabian, Public Defender, Providence, for petitioner.

J. Joseph Nugent, Jr., Atty. Gen., Francis J. Fazzano, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


FROST, Justice.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus wherein the petitioner states that he is now serving a three-year sentence imposed by the superior court on March 24, 1958; that sentence was imposed because of an alleged breach of a deferred sentence given on July 8, 1949; that the period during which he might be sentenced under said deferred sentence had expired; and that he is now being held illegally. He prays that he be released.

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