Duvere v. State
Annotate this CaseIn 2009, Appellant entered a plea of nolo contendere to the offense of possession of between one to five kilograms of a controlled substance classified as marijuana, with knowledge and intent. In 2013, Appellant filed an application for postconviction relief seeking to vacate his 2009 nolo contendere plea, arguing that he neither knew nor understood the charges against him because a Haitian-Creole interpreter was not provided at his plea colloquy and that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. The hearing justice denied the postconviction-relief application. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the hearing justice did not err in finding that Appellant understood the plea colloquy.
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