IN RE DOBSON

No. 1906.

212 A.2d 620 (1965)

In re Brandon DOBSON.

Supreme Court of Vermont. Washington.

July 23, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin W. Free, Jr., Barre, for petitioner.

Chester Ketcham, Deputy Atty. Gen., Essex Junction, for State.

Before HOLDEN, C. J., and SHANGRAW, BARNEY, SMITH and KEYSER, JJ.


BARNEY, Justice.

The petitioner pled guilty to a felony in municipal court while represented by assigned counsel, conceded to be competent. He now seeks discharge from confinement by this petition for habeas corpus. In it he attacks, among other things, claimed defects in the proceedings prior to judgment and sentence.

The State insists that the plea of guilty bars review of prior irregularites. Insofar as such defects are subject to waiver, we agree. It has...

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