Legal Opinion

In Re Quinn

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided October 24, 2002No. 01-540PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Petitioner James W. Quinn, III appeals from a decision of the Bennington Superior Court denying him posLconvietion relief. Petitioner asserts that the superior court erred in concluding that his guilty pleas were knowing and voluntary because: 1) his attorney coerced him to plead guilty by unduly pressuring him during the plea hearing; 2) he mistakenly believed that he could be charged as a habitual offender if he did not accept the State’s plea offer; 3) he was under the mistaken belief that he would serve his sentence in Windsor; 4) he did not understand that his sentences for the sale of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Jonah Iaea v. Franklin Sunn, Director of the Department of Social Services, State of HawaiiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  3. United States v. Wesley Alan CarrCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
  4. In Re HallSupreme Court of Vermont · 1983
  5. Robert Mitchell Edwards v. Warden Sam P. Garrison, Central Prison, Raleigh, N.C., and State of North Carolina, Donald Bynum Bass v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. In re LabountySupreme Court of Vermont · 2005
  2. In re KirbySupreme Court of Vermont · 2012
  3. In re HemingwaySupreme Court of Vermont · 2014
  4. In re Rein KoltsSupreme Court of Vermont · 2024
  5. In Re CalderonSupreme Court of Vermont · 2003

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