State v. Clark

As a result of a plea agreement, defendant pled nolo contendere to charges of attempted assault and robbery, 13 V.S.A. .§ 608(c), and grand larceny, 13 V.S.A. § 2501. The issues on appeal are whether the State violated the plea agreement and whether defendant’s pleas were voluntary. We affirm.

Defendant was charged with attempted assault and robbery, aggravated assault, assault and robbery, and grand larceny for beating and robbing two elderly brothers at their home in Montgomery, Vermont, on January 31, 1986. On September 12, 1986, after plea negotiations proved successful, defendant agreed…