Legal Opinion
In Re Dobson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided July 23, 1965No. 1906PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarney, J.
The petitioner pled guilty to a felony in municipal court while represented by assigned counsel, conceded to be competent. He now seeks discharge from confinement by this petition for habeas corpus. In it he attacks, among other things, claimed defects in the proceedings prior to judgment and sentence.
The State insists that the plea of guilty bars review of prior irregularities. Insofar as such defects are subject to waiver, we agree. It has been many times said of a writ of habeas corpus that it is not a substitute for an appeal. In re Rickert, 124 Vt. 232, 235, 203 A.2d 602. Where, by…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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