SHERWIN v. HOGAN

No. 224-78.

401 A.2d 895 (1979)

Stoddard M. SHERWIN v. Cornelius HOGAN, Commissioner of Corrections of the State of Vermont, et al.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Welch & Graham, White River Junction, and Craig Weatherly, Law Clerk (on brief), North Pomfret, for plaintiff.

Michael J. Sheehan, Windsor County State's Atty. and William J. Donahue, Deputy State's Atty., White River Junction, for defendants State.

Before BARNEY, C. J., and DALEY, LARROW, BILLINGS and HILL, JJ.


BARNEY, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff sought release from confinement by habeas corpus brought in superior court. Denied relief there, he brings his appeal here. He has been represented by counsel during all of these habeas corpus proceedings.

He is presently imprisoned under a sentence carrying a maximum term of one year after a conviction of simple assault. One year is the maximum permissible incarceration for that charge under the statute. 13 V.S.A. §...

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