In Re Bentley

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• court failed to explain nature of charges and to discuss minimum and maximum penalties of charged offenses, but record revealed knowing and voluntary plea
• acceptance of guilty plea affirmed where there was \substantial but not complete compliance with Rule 11\
• acceptance of guilty plea affirmed where there was “substantial but not complete compliance with Rule 11”
• “post-conviction relief proceedings do not address the guilt or innocence of the defendant, but the fairness of the proceedings”
• “[P]ost-conviction relief proceedings do not address the guilt or innocence of the defendant, but the fairness of the proceedings leading to conviction and incarceration.”
• to show prejudice, petitioner must demonstrate that he was unaware of nature of charges and consequences of plea, and that his lack of understanding caused him to plead no contest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Miller
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2009-04-03· cited 42×
• State v. Cleary
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2003-02-07· cited 35×
• In Re Dunham
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1984-06-01· cited 34×
• In Re Thompson
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-06-06· cited 23×
• In Re Kivela
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1985-03-22· cited 20×
• State v. West
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-09-01· cited 19×
• In re Hemingway
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2014-05-02· cited 15×
• State v. Gabert
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-06-30· cited 13×
• In Re Hemingway
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-06-05· cited 12×
• State v. Sheppard
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-08-10· cited 12×
• Lewis v. State
  Vermont Superior Court· 2019-07-25

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Timmreck
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-21· cited 1,059×
• In Re Hall
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1983-11-01· cited 39×
• In Re Clark
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1969-06-03· cited 20×
• Lawrence D'AllesAnDro v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1975-05-01· cited 9×
• In Re Rebideau
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1982-05-20· cited 7×
• In re Southard
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1966-02-01· cited 3×
• In re Battick
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1979-09-10· cited 2×