HARDY v. STATE


278 A.2d 129 (1971)

Richard L. HARDY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Maine and Allan L. Robbins, Warden, Respondents.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

June 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Perkins, Skowhegan, for plaintiff.

John W. Benoit, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendants.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEBBER, WEATHERBEE, POMEROY and WERNICK, JJ.


WERNICK, Justice.

This appeal by an inmate of the Maine State Prison brings before us for review the judgment of a single Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, sitting in the Superior Court, which denied the post-conviction habeas corpus relief (14 M.R.S.A. § 5508) sought by the petitioner, Richard L. Hardy.

Petitioner had been indicted for the crime of "rape" (17 M.R.S.A. § 3151) upon a female alleged to have attained her fourteenth birthday. He...

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