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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 5502 (2026)

Post-conviction habeas corpus

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(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 701, §2 (RP).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 48 cases, 1966–1983 · leading case: Mottram v. Murch, 330 F. Supp. 51 (D. Me. 1971).
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Mottram v. Murch, 330 F. Supp. 51 (D. Me. 1971). · cites it 5× “(2) In November 1965, having been previously released on parole but returned to prison as a parole violator, petitioner filed with the Cumberland County Superior Court a petition for post-conviction habeas corpus relief under the provisions of 14 M.R.S.A. § 5502 et seq.…”
Mottram v. State, 263 A.2d 715 (Me. 1970). · cites it 4× “The matter is an appeal from the dismissal of a petition for the writ of habeas corpus brought under 14 M.R.S.A. § 5502 et seq. in which Petitioner sought to set aside his conviction in 1960 on separate counts one of which charged grand larceny and the other a prior conviction…”
McEachern v. State, 456 A.2d 886 (Me. 1983). · cites it 2× “As a result, the Court affirms the summary dismissal of the petition.”
Dow v. State, 275 A.2d 815 (Me. 1971). · cites it 2× “Dow, instituted in the Superior Court under 14 M.R.S.A. § 5502 a petition for the writ of habeas corpus seeking his release from Maine State Prison.”
Reed v. State, 295 A.2d 657 (Me. 1972). · cites it 4× “2d 147 (1968) this Court clarified that post-conviction remedy can be available through the vehicle of statutorily prescribed post-conviction “habeas corpus”, pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 5502 et seq. (and implementing Rule 35(b) M.”
Mottram v. State, 232 A.2d 809 (Me. 1967). · cites it 2× “§ 5502 is appropriate or available to the petitioner to obtain his discharge from imprisonment absolute or conditional, when the claim of illegal restraint is based solely upon a collateral attack on the revocation of parole by the Parole Board. We entertain no such concern.…”
Higgins v. Robbins, 265 A.2d 90 (Me. 1970). · cites it 3× “Robbins, Warden (Superior Court #8863 — Law Court #975), a post-conviction habeas corpus petition brought under 14 M.R.S.A. § 5502 et seq. The petitioner chose to prosecute pro se both cases before the sitting Justice.”
Green v. State, 245 A.2d 147 (Me. 1968). · cites it 2× “Is the petitioner entitled to relief under 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 5502 to 5508? Jurisdictional questions are always open to judicial scrutiny, even though not raised by the parties.”
Thoresen v. State, 239 A.2d 654 (Me. 1968). · cites it 2× “1 the Legislature enacted a comprehensive post-conviction relief statute which now appears in the statutes at 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 5502 to 5508 inclusive. That this remedy was intended to be the sole and exclusive method of collateral attack upon the legality of a conviction and…”
Morgan v. State, 287 A.2d 592 (Me. 1972). “This is an appeal from the denial by a ■ single Justice of post-conviction habeas corpus relief sought pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. § 5502 et seq. Petitioner claims entitlement to post-conviction remedy on the following grounds: (1) fatal insufficiencies in the indictment for robbery…”
Smith v. State, 432 A.2d 1246 (Me. 1981). · cites it 2× “” 3 14 M.R.S.A. § 5502 (1980) (re *1249 pealed and replaced by P.”
Thursby v. State, 223 A.2d 61 (Me. 1966). “Three days after the date of the petition, this statutory remedy of coram nobis was expressly repealed and replaced by our present post conviction habeas corpus proceedings provided by Public Laws of Maine, 1963, Chapter 310, now 14 M.R.S.A. § 5502 et seq. The present petition…”
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