State v. Thompson

¶ 1. Defendant appeals the district court’s dismissal, on jurisdictional grounds, of his motion to withdraw his plea, arguing that: (1) the court had subject matter jurisdiction to consider his motion and inherent authority to review his sentence; (2) the plea procedure was fundamentally flawed and therefore invalid; (3) there were fair and just reasons to withdraw his plea; and (4) the Vermont Department of Corrections misapplied the Interstate Compact on Probation. We find unavailing the State’s after-the-fact jurisdictional challenge to defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea, and…