State of Maine v. Gerald B. Kennedy

1 MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2016 ME 53

Docket: Sag-14-471 Argued: November 5, 2015 Decided: April 12, 2016 Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HJELM, and HUMPHREY, JJ. Majority: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, and HUMPHREY, JJ. Dissent: HJELM, J. STATE OF MAINE v. GERALD B. KENNEDY ALEXANDER, J. [¶1] In this appeal, addressing standards for a collateral attack upon a prior misdemeanor conviction entered after an apparently uncounseled plea, we are asked to declare the prior conviction void because the defendant,…