STATE v. BLISH

No. 99-373.

776 A.2d 380 (2001)

STATE of Vermont v. Robert William BLISH.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

Motion for Reargument Denied May 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, and David Tartter, Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Robert Appel, Defender General, and William A. Nelson, Appellate Attorney, Montpelier, for Defendant-Appellant.

Present: AMESTOY, C.J., DOOLEY, MORSE, JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ.


SKOGLUND, J.

Defendant Robert William Blish appeals the Windsor District Court's entry of his guilty plea to the charge of second degree murder. Defendant contends that: (1) the crime described to him in the trial judge's Rule 11(c) colloquy during his plea hearing was voluntary manslaughter, not second degree murder, and therefore the colloquy cannot support his conviction for second degree murder; (2) as a result of this...

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