Case Name: Robert J. Welch v. Francis A. Howard, Warden
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1971-02-11
Citations: 108 R.I. 913
Docket Number: M. P. No. 1080
Parties: Robert J. Welch v. Francis A. Howard, Warden.
Judges: 
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports
Volume: 108
Pages: 913–913

Head Matter:
February 11, 1971.
M. P. No. 1080.
John F. Sheehan, for petitioner.
Richard J. Israel, Attorney General, Donald P. Ryan, Asst. Attorney General, for respondent.
Robert J. Welch v. Francis A. Howard, Warden.

Opinion:
Motion of petitioner to treat his memorandum, previously submitted as part of pleadings, as a brief on the merits of the case is granted. His motion for assistance of counsel before Supreme Court is granted, and John F. Sheehan is appointed counsel to represent petitioner in further prosecution of his petition for habeas corpus.