Legal Opinion
In Re Hanson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 26, 1993No. 91-066PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
In 1987, the Chittenden District Court convicted petitioner of murder, and he collaterally attacked the conviction seeking post-conviction relief (PCR) in Franklin Superior Court. Petitioner claimed that the district court erred in failing to conduct a competency hearing before accepting his change of plea from not guilty of first-degree murder to guilty of second-degree murder and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.
In 1963, when petitioner was twenty years old, a ruptured aneurysm in his brain caused him to suffer frontal lobe damage and post-traumatic grand mal…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1990
- State v. MacESupreme Court of Vermont · 1990
- State v. O'CONNELLSupreme Court of Vermont · 1987
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