State of Maine v. Gerald B. Kennedy

Majority: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, and HUMPHREY, JJ.

Dissent: HJELM, J.

ALEXANDER, J.

[¶ 1] In this appeal, addressing standards for a collateral attack upon a prior misdemeanor conviction entered after an *359apparently uncounseled plea, we are asked to declare the prior conviction void because the defendant, although expressing an understanding of his right to representation and an intention to retain counsel following his arraignment, later entered a guilty plea without the presence of counsel.

[¶ 2] The defendant, seeking to collaterally attack a prior conviction, bears…