SEELEY v. STATE


431 A.2d 608 (1981)

Frederick R. SEELEY v. STATE of Maine and Paul K. Vestal, Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyman L. Holmes (orally), Machias, for plaintiff.

Charles K. Leadbetter, Michael E. Saucier (orally), Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, GODFREY, GLASSMAN, and CARTER, JJ.


GODFREY, Justice.

Frederick R. Seeley appeals from an order of the Superior Court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 14 M.R.S.A. § 5501 (1980). In November of 1976, Frederick Seeley, brandishing a firearm during a family argument, shot and killed his granddaughter and seriously wounded his son-in-law. On January 5, 1977, the grand jury in Washington County returned two indictments charging the petitioner

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