Motor vehicles – OUI – Subsequent offense – Colloquy
Where (1) a jury convicted a defendant of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, (2) the defendant then proceeded to a bench trial on the subsequent offense portion...
View ArticleCriminal – Habitual offender – Colloquy
Where a defendant was convicted of breaking and entering and being a habitual offender, (1) the conviction for breaking and entering should be affirmed because the judge’s error in failing to give the...
View ArticleMotor vehicles – OUI – Colloquy
Where a defendant was found guilty at a jury-waived trial of operating under the influence of alcohol (OUI) and of negligent operation of a motor vehicle, the judge's colloquy with the defendant...
View ArticleEvidence – Drug certificates – Waiver – Colloquy
Where a defendant was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute oxycodone, the convictions must be upheld on the grounds that (1) his pretrial...
View ArticleCriminal – Plea – Colloquy
Where the defendant pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and now appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial on the basis that he did not receive a proper colloquy at the time of his plea, an...
View ArticleCriminal – Colloquy – Probation revocation
Where a District Court judge denied the defendant’s motion for a new hearing upon her violation of the terms of her probation, the revocation judge's colloquy was fully adequate as a matter of...
View ArticleCriminal – Pleas – Colloquy
Where a judge granted a defendant’s motion to vacate his 1996 guilty pleas, a remand is necessary on the issue of whether a sufficient plea colloquy was conducted in 1996. “… As it now stands, the...
View ArticleCriminal – Counsel’s concession – Colloquy
Where a jury convicted a defendant of murder in the second degree and of possession of a firearm without a license, defense counsel’s opening statement conceding that the defendant committed the...
View ArticleMotor vehicles – OUI – Subsequent offense – Colloquy
Where (1) a jury convicted a defendant of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, (2) the defendant then proceeded to a bench trial on the subsequent offense portion...
View ArticleCriminal – Habitual offender – Colloquy
Where a defendant was convicted of breaking and entering and being a habitual offender, (1) the conviction for breaking and entering should be affirmed because the judge’s error in failing to give the...
View ArticleMotor vehicles – OUI – Colloquy
Where a defendant was found guilty at a jury-waived trial of operating under the influence of alcohol (OUI) and of negligent operation of a motor vehicle, the judge's colloquy with the defendant...
View ArticleEvidence – Drug certificates – Waiver – Colloquy
Where a defendant was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute oxycodone, the convictions must be upheld on the grounds that (1) his pretrial...
View ArticleCriminal – Plea – Colloquy
Where the defendant pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and now appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial on the basis that he did not receive a proper colloquy at the time of his plea, an...
View ArticleCriminal – Colloquy – Probation revocation
Where a District Court judge denied the defendant’s motion for a new hearing upon her violation of the terms of her probation, the revocation judge's colloquy was fully adequate as a matter of...
View ArticleCriminal – Pleas – Colloquy
Where a judge granted a defendant’s motion to vacate his 1996 guilty pleas, a remand is necessary on the issue of whether a sufficient plea colloquy was conducted in 1996. “… As it now stands, the...
View ArticleCriminal – Counsel’s concession – Colloquy
Where a jury convicted a defendant of murder in the second degree and of possession of a firearm without a license, defense counsel’s opening statement conceding that the defendant committed the...
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