KNOTT v. LANGLOIS

No. 37-M.P.

231 A.2d 767 (1967)

Thomas Richard KNOTT, Jr. v. Harold V. LANGLOIS, Warden.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Reilly, Sp. Counsel to Public Defender, Providence, for petitioner.

Herbert F. DeSimone, Atty. Gen., Donald P. Ryan, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


OPINION

JOSLIN, Justice.

In this petition for a writ of habeas corpus the petitioner, now serving a sentence of life imprisonment in the custody of the respondent warden at the adult correctional institutions, contends that the family court's waiver of its jurisdiction over him was invalid and rendered null and void his subsequent trial and conviction in and sentence by the superior court.

I

On January 26, 1963, at about 10:30 o'clock in...

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