HUGHES v. STATE


213 A.2d 435 (1965)

John Francis HUGHES, Jr. v. STATE of Maine et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

October 14, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hilary F. Mahaney, Biddeford, William F. Wilson, Saco, for petitioner.

John W. Benoit, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for the State.

Before WEBBER, TAPLEY, MARDEN, RUDMAN, and SULLIVAN, JJ.


RUDMAN, Justice.

On appeal by the Respondents-Appellants from the judgment and order issued from the York County Superior Court wherein the court decreed that John Francis Hughes, Jr., be discharged.

The petitioner on February 23, 1965, was convicted of the offense of assault and battery in the Biddeford Municipal Court and was sentenced to an indefinite term in the State Reformatory for Men. The Judge who held the hearing and imposed the sentence was an Associate...

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