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YODER v. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND

278 A.2d 379 (1971)

Daniel C. YODER, Petitioner, v. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND and Charles Sharpe, Sheriff, Respondents.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

June 2, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Mittel, Portland, for plaintiff.

Alexander MacNichol, Asst. County Atty., Portland, Keith N. Edgerly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendants.

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

WERNICK, Justice.

ON REPORT.

This is a proceeding for habeas corpus. It was brought, pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 5513 et seq., before a single Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court sitting in the Superior Court. The petition alleges that petitioner was being illegally confined in the Cumberland County Jail by the respondent Sheriff of Cumberland County.

Upon a motion by petitioner, and after hearing on the motion, the petitioner was released...

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