JOSEPH v. WYSE


451 A.2d 652 (1982)

JOSEPH W. v. Richard WYSE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greenberg & Greenberg, Stanley Greenberg (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.

Henry N. Berry, III, Dist. Atty., Peter G. Ballou, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Portland, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER and VIOLETTE, JJ.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

Seeking relief from alleged illegal detention and bail orders entered by the Juvenile Court, Joseph W. filed a petition for a common law writ of habeas corpus. After a hearing, the Superior Court, Cumberland County, dismissed the petition. Assuming without deciding that Joseph could invoke common law habeas corpus jurisdiction rather than a statutory appeal,1 we must nevertheless affirm the denial of relief. Prior...

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