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LEPPER v. LANGLOIS

M. P. No. 1767.

222 A.2d 678 (1966)

Arthur LEPPER v. Harold V. LANGLOIS, Warden.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

September 23, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Lepper pro se, petitioner.

J. Joseph Nugent, Atty. General, Corinne P. Grande, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Edwin H. Hastings, Tillinghast, Collins & Tanner, Providence, amicus curiae.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

This petitioner for a writ of habeas corpus was convicted on January 14, 1928 under an indictment charging him with the murder on March 13, 1926 of one Herold Hillman. His subsequent appeal was denied, and on March 14, 1929 he was sentenced to imprisonment for life. He filed the instant petition on January 28, 1966, alleging therein that his detention was unlawful in that a confession was admitted into evidence at trial that...

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