Legal Opinion
In re Bruyette.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided April 25, 2014No. 2012-471PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
¶ 1. Petitioner’s attorney Michael Rose has filed a motion for leave to withdraw. This case calls upon us to apply 13 V.S.A. § 5233 as interpreted in In re Bailey, 2009 VT 122, 187 Vt. 176, 992 A.2d 276.
¶ 2. Petitioner filed a petition for post-conviction relief (PCR) in the superior court, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel in his underlying criminal case because his lawyers induced him to reject a plea bargain for a much lower sentence “by misrepresenting the potential maximum sentencing exposure petitioner was facing at trial.” He went on to allege that his counsel told him that he…
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- Martinez v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
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- State v. BristolSupreme Court of Vermont · 1992
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re Edwin A. Towne, Jr.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2018
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