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deMELLO v. LANGLOIS

M. P. No. 1488.

182 A.2d 116 (1962)

John J. deMELLO v. Harold V. LANGLOIS, Warden.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 14, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo P. McGowan, Public Defender, Eugene F. Toro, Asst. Public Defender, for petitioner.

J. Joseph Nugent, Atty. Gen., Edward A. Capomacchio, Sp. Counsel, for the State.

CONDON, Chief Justice.

This is a petition for habeas corpus based on the ground that the petitioner's sentence to two years in the adult correctional institutions on the charge of "possession of obscene literature" under indictment No. 4569 is illegal and void. We issued the writ and thereafter the petitioner formally by letter of May 29, 1962 to "Attorney Eugene F. Toro Department of Public Defender," a copy of which is appended hereto, waived oral argument and the...

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