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STAPLES v. STATE

274 A.2d 715 (1971)

Gerald STAPLES v. STATE of Maine et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

March 16, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan C. Pease, Wiscasset, for plaintiff.

John W. Benoit, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Augusta, for the State.

Before WEBBER, WEATHERBEE, and POMEROY, JJ.

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

Petitioner is presently confined in the Nevada State Prison as a result of his felony conviction in that state. He would, under Nevada law, be eligible for parole if it were not for the fact that he had two prior felony convictions in Maine which, with the Nevada conviction and one other, place him in a less favorable parole status. These two convictions occurred in the Superior Court of Lincoln County, Maine in 1959 when Petitioner pleaded guilty...

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