WOODMANSEE v. SMITH

No. 5-71.

296 A.2d 182 (1972)

Bernard J. WOODMANSEE v. Robert G. SMITH, Warden Vermont State Prison.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

October 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willis E. Higgins, Essex Junction, for plaintiff.

James M. Jeffords, Atty. Gen., and William T. Keefe, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before SHANGRAW, C. J., and BARNEY, SMITH, KEYSER and DALEY, JJ.


SHANGRAW, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the Windsor County Court's denial of a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus brought by the petitioner seeking his release from the Vermont State Prison where he is now confined.

Petitioner was found guilty by a jury verdict in the District Court of Vermont, Unit No. 2, Addison Circuit, of a violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1801 entitled "Forgery and counterfeiting of papers, documents, etc.". On March 27, 1969,...

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