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IN RE BRUYETTE

No. 346-81.

556 A.2d 568 (1988)

In re Joseph BRUYETTE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

November 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Curtis, Defender Gen., Henry Hinton, Appellate Defender, and Nancy E. Kaufman, Acting Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for petitioner-appellant.

Carol E. Smith, Franklin County Deputy State's Attorney, St. Albans, for respondent-appellee.

Before ALLEN, C.J., HILL, PECK and HAYES, JJ., and BARNEY, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

BARNEY, Chief Justice (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

Petitioner, Joseph Bruyette, was convicted and sentenced after pleading guilty to charges of breaking and entering, grand larceny, and assault and robbery. He appeals the superior court's dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief. We reverse.

Petitioner raises several issues on appeal. First, he claims that his guilty pleas were not knowing and voluntary because of ineffective assistance of counsel...

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