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REED v. STATE

295 A.2d 657 (1972)

William H. REED v. STATE of Maine et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

October 13, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paine, Cohen & Lynch, by William S. Cohen, Bangor, for plaintiff.

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

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

WERNICK, Justice.

On May 20, 1965 petitioner was tried and found guilty by a jury in the Superior Court (Penobscot County) and was thus adjudged convicted of murder. Because he sought direct review of his conviction—and pursuant to the then requirement of 15 M. R.S.A. § 1701 concerning a conviction of an offense punishable only by life imprisonment—sentencing of petitioner (mandatorily to life imprisonment...

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