Legal Opinion
State v. Pokorny
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 14, 1983PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
Bret Pokorny was convicted of manslaughter, Class C, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203(1)(A) (1983), after entering a plea of nolo contendere in the Superior Court (Somerset County). In this appeal, he claims that the Superior Court erred in denying his motion to withdraw his nolo plea and reinstate his previous plea of not guilty. Defendant argues that his lawyers had a conflict of interest while representing him throughout the plea negotiation process and the change of plea hearing, and therefore that defendant’s nolo plea must be deemed to have been entered without the effective…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Dukes v. Warden, Connecticut State PrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Richard MariCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. HillmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
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- State v. GuaraldiSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1985
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- State v. ErvingSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
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