Creaser v. State

Philip Creaser’s motion to vacate his sentence was treated as a petition for post-conviction relief under 13 V.S.A. § 7131. Relief was denied.

Creaser pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping, breaking and entering, grand larceny, escape and simple assault. It is his claim that his guilty plea was coerced by his attorney’s insistence that he would withdraw if Creaser insisted on going to trial. He also claims that the prosecutor violated the signed plea agreement made by the parties in this case.

Creaser was first arraigned on June 23, 1977, and counsel later assigned. Ten months later that…