State v. Coleman

Defendant Lawrence Coleman appeals from a district court order that denied his motion to clarify or modify his conditions of probation. We affirm.

Defendant was charged with sexually assaulting a minor under the age of sixteen. He entered into a plea agreement with the State in which he agreed to plead nolo contendere to a reduced charge of lewdness in viola*639tion of 13 V.S.A. § 2632(a)(8). The plea was entered pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970), which held that a criminal defendant may voluntarily assent to a charge while maintaining innocence. Id. at 37. The State agreed…