STATE v. TIBBETTS


386 A.2d 736 (1978)

STATE of Maine v. Vance G. TIBBETTS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

May 25, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Daviau (orally), David W. Crook, Deputy Dist. Attys., Skowhegan, for plaintiff.

James MacMichael (orally), Skowhegan, for defendant.

Before POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, DELAHANTY, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.


WERNICK, Justice.

On November 19, 1976, defendant Vance G. Tibbetts was indicted in the Superior Court (Somerset County) for the offense of escape, in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 755. He was tried before a jury and found guilty as charged.

We deny defendant's appeal from the judgment of conviction.

On June 2, 1976, while defendant was serving a sentence in the Maine State Prison in Thomaston, a writ of habeas corpus ad

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