IN RE WESTOVER

No. 1920.

215 A.2d 498 (1965)

In re Maurice F. WESTOVER.

Supreme Court of Vermont. Washington.

December 7, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Erdmann, Burlington, for plaintiff.

Chester Ketcham, Deputy Atty. Gen., Montpelier, for defendant.

Before HOLDEN, C. J., and SHANGRAW, BARNEY, SMITH and KEYSER, JJ.


SHANGRAW, Justice.

On March 8, 1963, the petitioner, Maurice F. Westover, pleaded guilty in the Addison Municipal Court to a charge of second degree arson, a violation of 13 V.S.A. § 503. Petitioner was sentenced to serve not less than eighteen months nor more than five years in the House of Correction at Windsor, Vermont. He now seeks a discharge from confinement by this petition for habeas corpus.

The petitioner asserts in his brief that two critical...

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