BENNETT v. STATE


289 A.2d 28 (1972)

Otto BENNETT v. STATE of Maine.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

March 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rendle A. Jones, Camden, for plaintiff.

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

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


DUFRESNE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by Otto Bennett from a decree of a Single Justice denying on its merits petitioner's claim for relief under our post-conviction habeas corpus statute, 14 M.R.S.A., §§ 5502-5508.

Convicted on October 20, 1960 of the offense of having carnally known a female child of eleven years in contravention of R.S., c. 130, § 10 (now 17 M.R.S.A., § 3151), Bennett was sentenced to the Maine State Prison for...

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