SANFORD v. LANGLOIS

M. O. No. 1397.

170 A.2d 283 (1961)

Warren R. SANFORD v. Harold V. LANGLOIS, Warden.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 12, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo P. McGowan, Public Defender, Paul E. Kelley, Asst. Public Defender, Providence, for petitioner.

J. Joseph Nugent, Attorney General, Joseph L Breen, Chief Special Counsel, Providence, for the State.


PAOLINO, J.

This petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed on March 28, 1961 and the writ was issued on the same day. On April 12, the return day thereof, the cause was assigned in open court for hearing to April 28, 1961 in order to enable the parties to prepare and file briefs. The petitioner was represented by the public defender. He alleges in substance that he is being held in custody and illegally deprived of his liberty by the respondent warden at the...

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