ELLIS v. STATE


276 A.2d 438 (1971)

Leonard G. ELLIS v. STATE of Maine.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

April 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eames & Eames by Donald E. Eames, Skowhegan, for plaintiff.

Garth K. Chandler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendant.

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


POMEROY, Justice.

This case is before us on appeal by the State from a judgment in favor of the Petitioner, Ellis, on his writ of habeas corpus (post-conviction).

The Single Justice, before whom the post-conviction habeas corpus proceedings were held, found all four indictments, to which the Petitioner had entered guilty pleas and on which he had been sentenced and committed, were insufficient as a matter of law.

All four indictments were couched in...

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