ST. PIERRE v. VITEK

No. 6881.

114 N.H. 766 (1974)

JIMMY ST. PIERRE v. JOSEPH VITEK, WARDEN OF STATE PRISON.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

November 29, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McSwiney & Jones (Mr. Carroll F. Jones orally) for the plaintiff.

Warren B. Rudman, attorney general, and David W. Hess, assistant attorney general (Mr. Hess orally), for the defendant.


LAMPRON, J.

Petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the superior court on October 15, 1973. Plaintiff alleges that his plea of guilty of murder in the second degree which he entered on January 17, 1968, was not intelligent and voluntary. After a hearing, the Trial Court (Loughlin, J.) dismissed the petition and reserved and transferred plaintiff's exception thereto.

In April 1967, plaintiff, about twenty-one years old, was indicted for the first...

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