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RASTROM v. ROBBINS

No. 7789.

440 F.2d 1251 (1971)

John C. RASTROM, Petitioner, Appellee, v. Allan L. ROBBINS, Warden, Maine State Prison, Respondent, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 14, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Benoit, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Hugh G. E. MacMahon, Portland, Me., with whom Harold E. Woodsum, Jr., Portland, Me., was on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

The appellee, serving a one to three year sentence for uttering a forged check, in violation of 17 Me.L.R.A. § 1501, sought a writ of habeas corpus in the district court. His contention was that he had been denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel by the refusal of the presiding Justice to allow his newly appointed and inexperienced counsel more than four hours to prepare for trial. The district court granted the writ and...

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