State v. Marku

¶ 1. Defendant Nikoll Marku appeals the trial court’s admission of his guilty plea to attempted second degree murder. Defendant argues that the court erred in finding appellant competent to enter a plea and accepting defendant’s plea without sufficient compliance with the requirements established by Rule 11 of the Vermont Rules of Criminal Procedure. We affirm.

¶ 2. Defendant is an Albanian refugee who entered the United States in 1992. On April 1, 1998, defendant went to the gas station where the victim worked, made small talk with him, and told the victim to “get ready, I’m going to kill…