State v. Blish

Defendant Robert William Blish appeals the Windsor District Court’s entry of his guilty plea to the charge of second degree murder. Defendant contends that: (1) the crime described to him in the trial judge’s Rule 11(c) colloquy during his plea hearing was voluntary manslaughter, not second degree murder, and therefore the colloquy cannot support his conviction for second degree murder; (2) as a result of this defect, the judge was unable to establish a factual basis for his plea, as required by V.R.Cr.P. 11(f); and (3) as a result of these errors,his plea was involuntary and the court’s…