CHASE v. STATE


227 A.2d 455 (1967)

Carl R. CHASE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE of Maine and Allan L. Robbins, Warden, Maine State Prison.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

March 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roscoe H. Fales, Lewiston, for plaintiff.

John W. Benoit, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and TAPLEY, MARDEN, DUFRESNE, and WEATHERBEE, JJ.


TAPLEY, Justice.

On appeal. An appeal was taken by the appellant from the findings of a single Justice. The findings are to be tested by the "Clearly Erroneous" Rule. Rule 52 M.R.C.P.; Harriman v. Spaulding, 156 Me. 440, 165 A.2d 47.

The appellant was convicted of the crime of murder at the November Term, 1952 of the Superior Court, within and for the County of Androscoggin, State of Maine. He was sentenced to life imprisonment...

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