Legal Opinion

State v. Platt

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided May 8, 1992No. 91-357PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDooley, J.

Defendant, who is HIV positive, pled no contest to a charge of accessory after the fact to a felony, and the district court sentenced him to a three-to-five-year prison term. He appeals the court’s denial, after hearing, of his motion for sentence reconsideration. His principal argument is that promises of medical treatment which induced his plea have not been kept. He also argues that the court allowed evidence of and considered charges not brought against him in determining his sentence, that he was compelled to testify at the sentence reconsideration hearing in violation of his…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Minnesota v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. State v. GleasonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1990
  4. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1989
  5. State v. DeanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1987

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. OscarsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 2006
  2. State v. SommerSupreme Court of Vermont · 2011
  3. State v. KenvinSupreme Court of Vermont · 2013
  4. State v. Dale ByamSupreme Court of Vermont · 2017
  5. State v. KenvinSupreme Court of Vermont · 2013

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