Legal Opinion · Dissent

In Re Collette

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided December 12, 2008No. 2007-040Published

1Dissent

*221Dooley, J.,

¶ 20. dissenting. Not long ago, we made the following statement:

If PCR decisions in cases of collateral attack on predicate DUI convictions demonstrate that defendants are serving all or most of their sentence prior to a PCR determination that the predicate convictions used for enhancement are constitutionally infirm, the Supreme Court by administration or rule may calibrate a practical remedy to a real — not theoretical — problem.

State v. Boskind, 174 Vt. 184, 192, 807 A.2d 358, 365 (2002).

¶21. Despite this statement, today’s majority decision demonstrates two realities: (1) this…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Spencer v. KemnaSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  5. Gallipo v. City of RutlandSupreme Court of Vermont · 2005

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