COLSON v. STATE


498 A.2d 585 (1985)

James R. COLSON v. STATE of Maine.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., James A. McKenna Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, VIOLETTE, WATHEN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


ROBERTS, Justice.

James R. Colson appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court, Cumberland County, denying his petition for post-conviction review, 15 M.R.S.A. §§ 2121-2132 (Supp.1984). Colson alleges that procedural due process under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and article I, section 6-A of the Maine Constitution requires that an indigent defendant have a right to court-appointed...

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