State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut

January 2025 Judge Montalbano Denies Pro Se Motion for Bail for Defendant who has been held in ‘awaiting trial’ status at the Adult Correctional Institute Intake Service Center in Cranston, RI for more than four (4) years as of April 2024 when he became pro se due to ineffective assistance of counsel and being retaliated against for exercising his Constitutional rights.

STATE of RHODE ISLAND V. VICTOR COLEBUT

A Viscious Prosecution Motivated by Implicit Bias & Hatred

This is a Pursuit of a WRONGFUL CONVICTION

Why is the Chief of the Child Abuse Unit RI Assistant Attorney General Shannon Signore in Rhode Island assigned to this case?

Signore and Jonathan Burke Oppose Bail and hold without bail (HWOB) for more than four (4) years without ever meeting its burden according to Rhode Island Constitution Article 1 § 9

To say the defendant has not requested or demanded a trial which would trigger the six-month window for trial pursuant to G.L. 1956 § 12-13-7 is easily disproved IF the Court scrutinizes the official conduct in all of the cases used to unlawfully deprive Victor Colebut of Due Process. It is very deceptive and manipulative for the prosecutors to say “The defendant was arraigned in Providence Superior Court on July 8, 2020 and held without bail on indictment P1-2020-1991ADV as if that was the day his freedom and liberty was stolen from him without due process of law.

Shannon Signore and Jonathan Burke intentionally omit facts. Mr. Colebut was seized in his home without a warrant or probable cause on February 17, 2020 when the police responded to his 911 medical emergency call. He was unlawfully held at the police station before being transported to the ACI ISC in Cranston, RI on February 18, 2020. On July 29, 2020 when Mr. Colebut was arraigned for P1-2020-1991ADV he had been falsely incarcerated for more than five (5) months; Jeffrey Peckham was on the case since February 17, 2020 he entered his appearance on the original case 62-2020-02013 on March 4, 2020; Eric Slingo joined him when a new charge was filed on May 7, 2020 in case 62-2020-03831 and the State faked a 46G to further deprive Mr. Colebut of his liberty.

October 7, 2020 Jeffrey Peckham had been on the case for 8 months and Slingo for 5 months but they were working for the prosecution and not the client.

Obviously, the demands for relief from an unlawful incarceration were made. The records do not lie, people do. Jeffrey Peckham and Eric Slingo retaliated against Mr. Colebut for filing a complaint against them that was addressed on October 6, 2020. Their retaliatory conduct was malicious and Peckham and Slingo passed on the speedy trial hearing on October 7, 2020 without their client’s knowledge.

Justice Luis M. Matos, like Justice Joseph Montalbano, relied on the State’s assistant attorney general’s trustworthiness. It was then and recently the deception that misled the Courts.

Attorney’s and prosecutors need to tell the truth to the Judges and finder’s of facts.

Another serious problem is the Court Clerks who allow their access to the Court Records and Dockets to be used to manipulate the public and court records. Judges need the truth and facts if they are going to make fair and just decisions.

Because of the nature of this case Mr. Colebut’s ability to obtain unbiased, truthful representation has been difficult. Rhode Island Public Defender’s Jeffrey Peckham and Eric Slingo desperately wanted to help frame Mr. Colebut. When Mr. Colebut desperately went Pro Se they tried to stay on the case as stand-by counsel and did until forced to remove themselves.

The Sixth Amendment guarantees the adequate and effective assistance of counsel in a case such as this, yet Mr. Colebut could get none. He was desperate when he went Pro Se because no one would do anything for him. The prosecutors and defense attorneys, for over four years, had kept him locked away and in the dark about his case.

When Mr. Colebut asked for some time to prepare to represent himself he needed that – he’s not an attorney.

It is unethical for the state’s attorney’s to conspire with the public defenders and other private attorneys and then accuse Mr. Colebut for not bringing himself to trial.

The State’s Attorney’s are suppose abide by the laws and constitution NOT make up their own interpretations of what they mean or whom they apply to in order to justify prosecutorial misconduct.

After 5 years of knowingly illegally holding Mr. Colebut without bail without due process it is quite reckless for the prosecutor’s, Jonathan Burke and Shannon Signore, to state to the courts on the record the defendant is not ENTITLED TO BAIL under 12-13-7 is subjective and improper.

February 17, 2020 through June 12, 2024 is 4 years, 3 months & 26 days – the total time Mr. Colebut had been incarcerated without ever having a bail hearing or the State’s attorney’s, Jonathan Burke and Shannon Signore, ever meeting the state’s burden to hold without bail.

It was a legal error for the Court not to consider the totality of circumstances, however, facts may have been withheld from the courts in this unusual case.

June 12, 2024 through February 17, 2025 is 8 months & 5 days – the time Mr. Colebut requested to prepare to represent himself Pro Se

It is very bold of Shannon Signore and Jonathan Burke to use the Court and Judge Joseph Montalbano to help them continue unlawfully holding Mr. Colebut without bail. Absolute immunity does not cover every act.

Their implicit biases have no place in a Courtroom, to say that there is no evidence of the delay being prejudicial to the defendant after illegally holding him without bail for more than 4 years is noteworthy.

The Court made a legal error in denying Mr. Colebut bail after 4 years of being unlawfully incarcerated while awaiting trial. He needed the time to prepare to represent himself. The State’s assistant AGs are not trustworthy.

On October 5, 2020 a request for assistance with the Rhode Island Public Defender’s assigned to the case, Jeffrey D. Peckham and Eric Slingo about client/attorney conflicts was made to their boss in hopes of a resolution. October 6, 2020 Peckham and Slingo were accompanied by their boss and did visit the defendant. In retaliation to that complaint Peckham, Slingo passed on the defendant’s Speedy Trial motion then left him sitting in jail wondering why he had not had a bail hearing, received any discovery or went to trial. The public defender’s were contacted in January of 2021 which they ignored then again in February of 2021 and they did visit the defendant.

Between October 7, 2020 and February of 2021 there was no communication at all. In retaliation to the February 2021, shortly after that visit the defendant was made aware of an official death threat made on the defendant’s life allegedly by a person serving a life sentence. The threat was allegedly put on the official record at the RIDOC.

Rhode Island Modern Day Lynching – Three Leg Stool Prosecution – attorney general prosecutors, defense attorney’s and medical examiners team up to support law enforcement and frame an accused person




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State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut – RI Criminal Defense Attorney Gary G. Pelletier agreed to file the Motion for relief under RI Gen. Laws § 12-13-7 but once retained he refused to file any pre-trial motions. To appease the State and prosecution Attorney Gary Pelletier began lying to his client and his family members about details of the case.

RI Criminal Defense Attorney Gary G. Pelletier and Public Defender’s Jeffrey Peckham and Eric Slingo were conspiring until August of 2021. After that Pelletier did lie to Mr. Colebut when he told him that he waived his right to a bail hearing and then he lied and said he withdrew his Motion for a Speedy trial. This was disproved in writing. (one letter shown below) Pelletier had replaced them when he accepted responsibility for the case in June of 2021.

Public Defender Jeffrey Peckham lied to the defendant who had been detained and held without bail since February 17, 2020 who was arraigned on the indictment on July 29, 2020 when he stated that he was not ready ‘even for a bail hearing’ – Mr. Colebut was denied Due Process and his Constitutional right to the adequate and effective assistance of counsel.

State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut – Criminal Defense Lawyer Gary G. Pelletier lied to Mr. Colebut and insisted that the ONLY way for the defendant to have a bail hearing was to hire an expert witness.

In response to the defendant’s repeated request for relief from a lengthy pre-trial detention criminal defense attorney Gary G. Pelletier provided the defendant with the following document that appears to have Judge Richard Raspallos signature on it, but still no bail hearing.

State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut – Criminal Defense Attorney Gary Pelletier had not filed the motion for relief according to R.I. Gen. L. § 12-13-7 and after making defendant wait nearly a year he still would not file the requested Pre-trial motions or communicate truthfully with the defendant.

On March 4, 2022 the defendant had been held without bail or a trial for twenty-four (24) months and two (2) weeks without ever having a bail hearing. A formal complaint was filed in hopes of a resolution with the client/attorney communications, conflicts and fee issues.

To keep the defendant isolated and in the dark the mail clerk at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections intercepts the defendant’s mail. It is believed that the below response from Chief Disciplinary Counsel Kerry Keilley Travers was another attempt to discourage the defendant from exercising his rights.

State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut – Rhode Island Chief Disciplinary Counsel Kerry Reilley Travers would not accept complaint without defendant’s signature although signed by defendant’s P.O.A.

To get around the red tape following request was made and granted.

As a result of making the above request and it being honored the Disciplinary Complaint against RI Criminal Defense Attorney Gary G. Pelletier was sent to the defendant for his signature. However, the defendant was retaliated against for exercising his right to file a complaint.

On April 19, 2022 the defendant, a PTSD patient who suffers from seizures was assigned to C108T which is a top bunk and the defendant had fallen off of and injured himself several times. Defendant had been in awaiting trial status since February 18, 2020 but he is not convicted and not entitled to medical care.

RI Criminal Defense Attorney Gary G. Pelletier received Civil Action File Number DI-2022-088 on May 4, 2022 and the defendant was retaliated against for exercising his right to file a complaint with the RI Disciplinary Board and to have the Supreme Court decide.

May 11, 2022 the defendant is placed in Disciplinary Confinement for a total of six (6) days.

State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut – Defendant immediately appealed the false claims.

Intake Service Center Deputy Warden R. Bray responded on May 20, 2022 and states defendant ‘chose not to appeal this infraction’.

The family was told that the defendant was at Rhode Island Hospital having surgery. This was false, the defendant was not brought to or operated on at any hospital. However, defendant’s back was operated on at the Intake Service Center and to control the bleeding he was given a diaper.

June 14, 2022 RI Attorney Gary G. Pelletier responded to the complaint against him and refused fee arbitration. Then after dragging his feet for over a year suddenly attorney Gary Pelletier filed a Motion to Withdraw on July 26, 2022.

Criminal defense attorney Gary Pelletier, was confronted about a secret phone conference with Dr. Michael Baden and the State’s attorney general’s Shannon Signore and Jonathan Burke. Defendant was anticipating a meeting with attorney Pelletier and Dr. Baden.

After Attorney Gary Pelletier was allowed to withdraw July of 2022 Chief Disciplinary Counsel Kerry R. Travers notified defendant in September of 2022 that Civil File Action Number DI-2022-088 was dropped.

The issue of $10,000 was never addressed. The defendant’s right to the adequate and effective assistance of counsel that the Sixth Amendment of the United States guarantees has been non-existent.


Rhode Island Prosecutor Misconduct & Viscous Prosecution

August 23, 2024 – RI Assistant Attorney General’s Shannon Signore and Jonathan Burke Object to Pro Se Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Count 2 and Count 3 of the Indictment. The State’s Attorney’s object to defendant’s Pro Se Motion to dismiss counts 2 and 3 charges that AG Shannon Signore and Jonathan Burke know stem from the exact same incident date and set of facts and the State’s attorney’s know that those charges were dismissed by Rhode Island District Court Judge Christine S. Jaobar

(Mouse over the PDF File to scroll and vies)

Defendant’s Pro Se “Response to State’s Objection to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Count 2 and 3” – DENIED by RI Superior Court Judge Joseph Montalbano

If the charges were dropped by a RI District Court Judge then it is Double Jeopardy to allow those charges in the indictment, right?

Defendant has been detained at the Intake Service Center in Cranston, RI since February 18, 2020

May 7, 2020 a Criminal Complaint was filed in District Court Case 62-2020-03831

The Prosecution Faked a 46G bail violation presentment on May 7, 2020 in District Court Case 62-2020-03831 when a new charge of Murder 1st degree was filed without the defendant’s knowledge


May 8, 2020 Rhode Island Public Defender Jeffrey D. Peckham and Eric Slingo Enter their Appearance in the District Court Case 62-2020-03831 – Jeffrey D. Peckham is also representing the defendant for the original charges in District Court Case 62-2020-02013 which stem from the same set of facts and incident

Defendant was never arrested for this charge. Defendant did not know about the new charge. Defendant was not brought to court and arraigned in front of Judge Goldman.

Defense Attorney’s and the Prosecution worked together and faked a 46G – the two cases were used to deprive the defendant of due process and to unlawfully hold him without bail.

Defendant’s May 18, 2020 re-admittance to bail hearing was canceled by a judge because of the prosecutions faked 46g

The Grand Jury Indicted on July 8, 2020 and at that time the defendant had been held without bail since he was arrested in his home without a warrant on February 17, 2020

July 29, 2020 the defendant was arraigned and plead not guilty and demanded a speedy trial.

The date on the indictment (P1-2020-1991ADV) was changed to February 16, 2020. The original case 62-2020-02013 is not listed as a related case. The case would later be Flaged SOCN



Habeas Corpus Petition – Latin, meaning “you have the body.” A writ of habeas corpus generally is a judicial order forcing law enforcement authorities to produce a prisoner they are holding, and to justify the prisoner’s continued confinement.



State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut – State’s Objection to Defendant’s (Pro Se) Motion to Suppress

RI Assistant Attorney General Chief of the Child Abuse Unit Shannon Signore and Special Assistant AG Burke complain to Judge Montalbano about Pro Se defendant’s 105 page motion handwritten from the cell he is illegally detained in at the Adult Correctional Institute, Intake Service Center in Cranston, RI

A Pro Se defendant is not to be held to the high standard of an Attorney

The date of the Incident is fabricated and Victor’s address was altered. And the Case Flags: SOCN

Victor Colebut lived on the 3rd floor of a three family house located at 65 Fountain Street in Pawtucket Rhode Island shown below…

54 Pomona Ave. Providence, RI a home Victor Colebut had previously owned

State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut – State’s Attorney’s Shannon Signore and Johnathan Burke Object to Pro Se Defendant’s Motion for a Franks Hearing to Cover up Police Misconduct


State’s witnesses tell Detective Hans Cute and David Silva that they believed Kristine Ohler was shooting up dope, that is using heroin. This is consistent with the IV needle marks reported as possible track marks. A candle lighting at Kennedy Plaza and a video posted on Facebook revealed that Kristine Ohler’s street friends believed that she died from shooting up and overdosing. And she was treated on scene and at Miriam Hospital for a possible opioid overdose.

According to, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention
Toolkit. HHS Publication No. (SMA) 18-4742PT2. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, 2018

Stave of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut – Rhode Island E-911 Call February 17, 2020 00:27:26

Independent Transcript Below



Emergency Medical Services Were Maliciously Delayed by the Dispatcher the Police Responded and Caused a Further Delay


State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut – Defendant’s Pro Se Motion to Suppress Evidence of Taint filed Jan. 8, 2025 (below) was Decided on February 3, 2025

Defendant’s Pro Se Motion (below) was argued by his Stand by Counsel who has finally entered her appearance and is taking over as lead counsel in State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut

Judge Montalbano’s Decision in Rhode Island Superior Court Case State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut P1-2020-1991ADV February 3, 2025

Rhode Island District Court Case 62-2020-00738, 62-2020-02013, 62-2020-03831 and Superior Court Case P1-2020-1991ADV are evidence of a black man being framed and falsely accused of killing a white female

Black peo­ple are about 7½ times more like­ly to be wrong­ful­ly con­vict­ed of mur­der in the U.S. than are whites, and about 80% more like­ly to be inno­cent than oth­ers con­vict­ed of mur­der, accord­ing to a new report by the National Registry of Exonerations. The already dis­pro­por­tion­ate risk of wrong­ful con­vic­tion, the Registry found, was even worse if the mur­der vic­tim in a case was white.

The report, Race and Wrongful Convictions in the United States 2022, reviewed the cas­es of 3,200 inno­cent defen­dants exon­er­at­ed in the United States since 1989. Black peo­ple, the researchers found, were 7 times more like­ly to be wrong­ful­ly con­vict­ed, were more like­ly to be the tar­gets of police mis­con­duct, and more like­ly to be impris­oned longer before being exonerated.

By Death Penalty Information Center Posted on Sep 30, 2022 | Updated on Sep 25, 2024

Are Shannon Signore and Jonathan Burke attempting to put a Rhode Island E-911 Caller reporting an overdose to death by Life in Prison knowing that they are pursing an alleged murder with no evidence?

During an ongoing inquest and alleged ‘murder’ investigation, after destroying the body of Kristine Ohler that arrived at Miriam Hospital without any neck collar or spine support and with an airway tube in place (LMA BIAD) and with an I/O needle in the right tibia – medical equipment that was all destroyed or lost, Shannon Signore tries to use past bad acts alleged in two cases that were dropped/dismissed as evidence in an alleged homicide case?

STATE’S ATTORNEY GENERAL’S PROVIDE FALSE INFORMATION ON OFFICIAL COURT DOCUMENT’S end pg1 last ln states: Mr. Colebut called emergency services on February 17, 2020. (State’s Mem. in Opp’n of Mot. to Suppress, Aug. 7, 2024 at 2.) When police officers arrived on scene, they discovered Ms. they discovered Ms. (cont. pg. 2)

Ohler unresponsive and Mr. Colebut “in [Ms. Ohler’s] presence.” Id at 7. There was an active no contact order prohibiting Mr. Colebut from being in Ms. Ohler’s presence. Id. at 4. Ms Ohler died later that morning. Id. Mr. Colebut was charged with Domestic Murder, degree unspecified, — Shannon Signore and Jonathan Burke both know that is a false report on the Courts records – The Prosecutor jumps from February 17, 2020 – the defendant was not arrested for Murder, February 18, 2020 the defendant was not charged with Murder – to May 7, 2020 when a charge of Murder was faked to continue to hold the defendant without bail until a Grand Jury could convene.

At that time the original arrest record was commingled with a Criminal Charge of Murder in District Court, an Indictable Series Offense. The defendant was never arrested for this fake charge, the defendant was not arraigned for this fake charge, the defendant signature was forged on official court documents.

The defendant was not “Indicted” for murder until July 8, 2020.

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