LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Robert W. Flint, Jr. v. John F. Sharkey, Acting Warden
Citation: 106 R.I. 841
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1970-03-24
Docket Number: M. P. No. 916
Pages: 841–841
Volume: 106
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports

Parties: Robert W. Flint, Jr. v. John F. Sharkey, Acting Warden.

March 24, 1970.
M. P. No. 916.
Robert W. Flint, Jr. v. John F. Sharkey, Acting Warden.
Robert W. Flint, Jr., petitioner, pro se; William C. Hillman, for petitioner. Herbert F. DeSimone, Attorney General, for respondent.

Petition for writ of habeas corpus is granted with special emphasis to be made by counsel both in briefs and oral argument on the issue whether, in the light of our holding in Bishop v. Langlois, 106 R. I. 56, 256 A.2d 20, the petitioner can collaterally attack his guilty plea entered in the Superior Court on March 13, 1964.
The matter is assigned specially to the calendar for May 5, 1970 for hearing on the merits.
William C. Hillman is herewith appointed as counsel to represent petitioner in the further prosecution of his petition in this Court.