Legal Opinion
In Re Collette
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided December 12, 2008No. 2007-040PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*213Burgess, J.
¶ 1. Petitioner appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of his request for post-conviction relief (PCR) pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 7131. Petitioner complained that his sentence for Driving Under the Influence-Second Offense (DUI-2) was enhanced on account of an improper prior conviction for a first offense of DUI-1, claiming the earlier plea of guilty was uncounseled in violation of the Sixth Amendment, and without the recitations necessary for a valid plea under Rule 11 of the Vermont Rules of Criminal Procedure. Because petitioner was discharged from his sentence before the trial…
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