State v. Beaulieu

The question before the court is whether defendant’s plea of guilty to a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated (RSA 262-A:62 (Supp. 1973)) is valid.

The issue arose out of a denial of a motion filed September 12, 1974, to vacate and set aside ajudgment which had been entered in Merrimack District Court on April 2, 1974. On the latter date, the defendant had appeared and pleaded guilty to the charge of driving while intoxicated. At that time, he was not represented by counsel but he executed a waiver of counsel form. That form explains, in part, in preprinted language: “[t]he…