State v. Sergio Mendez

Dooley, J.,

¶ 14. concurring. I concur in the decision of the Court because I agree that the words the trial judge used and the words in the statute are synonymous. I also agree with the Court *382that “the court’s phrasing would actually heighten defendant’s understanding of the possibility of deportation by presenting that possibility in its most basic sense.” Ante, ¶ 12.

¶ 15. I cannot, however, agree entirely with the Court’s rationale. The majority cites and relies on In re Hall, 143 Vt. 590, 595, 469 A.2d 756, 758 (1983), for the proposition that “[t]he precise form of the Rule 11 colloquy…