The Pursuit of a Wrongful Conviction

STATE of RHODE ISLAND vs. VICTOR COLEBUT

A Viscous Prosecution

Partiality and systemic racism in the RI Judicial System still exist in 2025

Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General’s Signore and Jonathan Burke conspired with the Pawtucket Police Department and Detectives David Silva and Hans Cute and Opposed Bail and held without bail (HWOB) for more than four (4) years illegally without the prosecution ever meeting its burden according to Rhode Island Constitution Article 1 § 9 – A Fourteenth Amendment violation of Victor Colebut’s right to Due Process

January 2025 Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Joseph Montalbano Denied Pro Se Motion for Bail. Mr. Colebut had been held in ‘awaiting trial’ status at the Adult Correctional Institute Intake Service Center in Cranston for more than four (4) years as of April 2024 when he became pro se due to ineffective assistance of counsel.

Feb. 24, 2025 after more than 5 years of false incarceration without due process and the abuse of powers and outrageous misconduct in and unconstitutional prosecution by the Pawtucket Police Department and the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office’s Assistant’s Jonathan Burke and Shannon Signore resorted to using a coerced statement to secure the Wrongful Conviction they had sought.

The Judge, Joseph Montalbano, in the Victor Colebut trial allowed two prior dismissed charges and an incommunicado interrogation statement obtained by the police during an unlawful police detention and a rule 5(a) initial appearance violation to be admitted at trial and used to win a case in violation of the United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause because Jonathan Burke and Shannon Signore had no evidence to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt.

Pawtucket Police torture RI 911 caller

To say the defendant had 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 scrutinized the official conduct in all of the cases used to unlawfully deprive Victor Colebut of Due Process. District Court Case(s): 62-2020-00738, 62-2020-02013, 62-2020-03831 and Superior Court Case P1-2020-1991ADV

It is very deceptive 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”. Victor Colebut’s freedom and liberty was stolen from him without due process of law on Februray 17, 2020 because he did the right thing and dialed 911 to report an overdose.

Pre-trial Motions began when Mr. Colebut became Pro Se in 2024

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 assigned to the original case on February 17, 2020 he entered his appearance for District Court Case 62-2020-02013 on March 4, 2020. Eric Slingo was assigned when a charge for murder was filed in District Court 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 two Rhode Island Public Defender’s were on the case; Jeffrey Peckham had been involved 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, Peckham and Slingo passed on the speedy trial hearing on October 7, 2020 without their client’s knowledge. Then left Mr. Colebut sitting in jail for months with no communication.

Justice Luis M. Matos, relied on the State’s assistant attorney general’s trustworthiness. Attorney’s and prosecutors need to tell the truth to the Judges and finder’s of facts.

The Court Clerks used their positions and access to the Court Records and Dockets to be used to manipulate the public and court records. 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 decided to go Pro Se magistrate John McBurney III put them on the case as stand-by counsel in April of 2024. They were eventually forced to remove themselves from the case because it is against the RI Public Defender’s Office policies.

The Sixth Amendment guarantees the adequate and effective assistance of counsel, yet Mr. Colebut right to counsel was deprived. 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(s).

When Mr. Colebut asked for some time to prepare to represent himself he needed that – he’s not an attorney and should not have been held to their high standards.

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 five (5) years of knowingly illegally holding Mr. Colebut without bail without due process and in violation of RI Const. Art. 1 § 9 it is quite reckless for the prosecutor’s, Jonathan Burke and Shannon Signore, to state to the courts on the record that Mr. Colebut was not ENTITLED TO BAIL under RI Gen. Laws § 12-13-7 it is subjective and improper.

However Judge Joseph Montalbano sided with the state and denied Mr. Colebut’s Motion for Bail

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 according to RI Const. Art. 1 § 9 and did deprive Mr. Colebut of his Due Process rights.

It was a legal error for the Court not to consider the totality of circumstances.

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

Judge Joseph Montalbano to an oath to uphold the laws but he did not do that. He showed partiality and bias towards the prosecution.

Absolute immunity does not cover criminal acts.

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 Mr. Colebut without bail for more than 4 years without ever meeting the state’s burden according to Article 1 § 9 of the RI Constitution and then conspiring to deprive Mr. Colebut of Due Process and a Fair Trial is a crime.

The judicial partiality became more evident as time passed.

A break-down of what the case entailed and how a black Cape Verdean man was framed for murdering his girlfriend who was a white woman. The Pawtucket Police failed to do no harm and deprived Kristine Ohler of immediate medical assistance.

Why did Pawtucket Dispatcher, Michael Fidalgo, Set up a 911 Caller to be Arrested and intentionally delay medical assistance? Why did a Rookie in the FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM, Nicholas Sisto, violate the Fourth Amendment of the United States? Why did the Pawtucket Police Department frame a RI 911 caller reporting an over-dose? To cover-up their illegal conduct and gross negligence.

This case was a conspiracy by government employees and private defense attorneys. The Rhode Island Public Defender’s Office was created to provide the adequate and effective assistance of counsel that the Constitution of the United States guarantees to indigent individuals accused of committing a crime. The Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office should not participate in misconduct or conspire with police.

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. October 6, 2020 public defender’s Jeffrey Peckham and Eric Slingo were accompanied by their boss and did visit the Mr. Colebut at the ACI.

In retaliation to that complaint Rhode Island Public Defender’s Jeffrey Peckham and Eric Slingo maliciously passed on the defendant’s Speedy Trial Hearing that was set for October 7, 2020 and then left him sitting in jail wondering why he had not had Speedy Trial Hearing, had not had a Bail Hearing, and why he had not received any discovery or went to trial.

Rhode Island Public Defender’s Jeffrey Peckham and Eric Slingo were contacted in January of 2021 and they ignored Mr. Colebut. They were contacted again in February of 2021 and they did visit the Mr. Colebut. Between October 7, 2020 and February of 2021 there was no communication at all. After the February 2021 visit by public defender’s Eric Slingo and Jeffrey D. Peckham the defendant was made aware of an official death threat made on his life. The threat was allegedly put on the official record at the RIDOC.

Victor Colebut demanded his right to a Speedy Trial and was denied his constitutional right to one by Rhode Island Public Defender’s Jeffrey Peckham and Eric Slingo who conspired against their own client.

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Below is a glimpse of how the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office secured a wrongful conviction on February 24, 2025 for the sudden death of Kristine Ohler on February 17, 2020 to help the Pawtucket Police Department Cover-up Misconduct and Dispatcher Gross Negligence by any means; a Vicious Prosecution. Kristine Candace Ohler’s death was never properly investigated and the 911 call that Victor Colebut made was never investigated.

This was a 911 call for an alcohol and possible opioid overdose that occurred at a Pawtucket Public Housing residence that rented to individuals with a history of drug and/or alcohol abuse, homelessness, mental illness, socioeconomic disadvantaged people with some sort of criminal record that the police dispatcher, Michael Fidalgo, was profiling.

Three cases were filed against the RI E-911 caller, Victor Colebut, because he did not take a plea deal and has maintained his innocence. Because Victor exercised his Constitutional Rights and demanded his Speedy Trial, the conspiracy began and the state needed everyone’s cooperation.

The Pawtucket Police Department and the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office through its assistants, Shannon Signore and Jonathan Burke, conspired. With the cooperation of District Court and Superior Court clerks, government employees and officials, officers of the courts, members of the media, the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Department of Corrections staff, Jonathan Burke and Shannon Signore pursued a wrongful conviction at any cost.

This is not what a prosecutor’s job is, it is to uphold the laws not to break them.

When the decision was made to retain private counsel, attorney Gary G. Pelletier, on June 18, 2021 (EOA 6/25/2020) the defendant had been held without bail without ever having had a bail hearing to determine whether or not the state had grounds to oppose bail and hold without bail for sixteen (16) months. RI attorney Gary Pelletier accepted the case and proceeded to conspire with the state’s attorneys and law enforcement.

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 Mr. Colebut withdrew his Motion for a Speedy trial. This was disproved in writing. (one letter shown below) Pelletier had replaced the two public defender’s 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 (including the 30 plus hours of being illegally detained at the Pawtucket Police station) who was arraigned on the indictment on July 29, 2020.

Jeffrey Peckham 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.

Does the law require that a bail hearing be set within ten (10) days when the state opposes bail? YES.

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 bail hearing or a trial for twenty-four (24) months and two (2) weeks. A formal complaint was filed in hopes of a resolution with the client/attorney communications, conflicts and fee issues. Criminal Defense Attorney Gary Pelletier stole $10,000 from Mr. Colebut’s father and split fees with another attorney who was not hired, Donna Uhlman.

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.

If the mail clerk intercepts inmate correspondence to interfere with an accused person’s rights is that legal?

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.

Double Jeopardy – Indictment Contains Charges Dropped by Judge Christine S. Jabour on September 8, 2020 in District Court by MTD filed by Criminal Defense Attorney Noah Kilroy

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 (District Court Case 62-2020-02013 the original charges on 2/17/2020) 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

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 to be used at trial.

Defendant had been detained at the Intake Service Center in Cranston, RI since February 18, 2020 serving a 90 bail revocation and his readmittance to bail hearing was scheduled for May 18, 2020 to obstruct the judicial process the Pawtucket Police filed a Criminal Complaint in District Court which is an indictable offense in RI and faked another 46G without a Bail Violation Hearing and illegally continued to hold Mr. Colebut without bail until July 8, 2020 when the Grand Jury convened.

May 7, 2020 a Criminal Complaint was filed in District Court Case 62-2020-03831 for an indictable offense to deprive Mr. Colebut of Due Process. Mr. Colebut’s readmittance to bail hearing was cancelled and his defense attorney, Noah Kilroy, conspired with the Pawtucket Police and State’s Attorneys and allowed his case to be used to fake the second 46G and deprive his client of Due Process.

Defendant was never arrested for the new charge on May 7, 2020, he was not arraigned and he was not presented before Judge Goldman, a bail hearing for this new charge was not set in ten (10) days and no bail violation hearing took place.

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.

If there was no ‘bail violation hearing’ for the May 7, 2020 presentment as a violator, Mr. Colebut’s bail was unlawfully revoked the second time and the state’s attorney general’s assistants, Jonathan Burke and Shannon Signore, conspired with the Pawtucket Police and public defenders, Jeffrey Peckham and Eric Slingo, and private criminal defense attorney Noah Kilroy who allowed his case to be used to deprive Mr. Colebut of his Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process and his Sixth Amendment right to counsel that is a crime.

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 was also representing the Mr. Colebut for the original charges in District Court Case 62-2020-02013 which stem from the same set of facts and incident on 2/17/2020.

On the Evening of May 8, 2020 the Police/Prosecutor(s) Notified the Media about the new charge in violation of RI General Laws and did conspire and deprive Mr. Colebut of a fair trial and due process of law and prejudicing potential jurors.

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.

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

From May 7, 2020 through July 15, 2020 District Court Case 62-2020-00738 and 62-2020-03831 were commingled and used to unlawfully detain the defendant

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. However, the prosecutor and Superior Court clerk conspired and put District Court case 62-2020-03831 as the related case.

Mr. Colebut continued to be held without bail in District Court Case 62-2020-03831 and then in Superior Court Case P1-2020-1991ADV although defendant never had a bail hearing which deprived him of his Fourteenth Amendment Due Process rights.

July 29, 2020 Defendant Plead Not Guilty BUT the Public Docket showed extremely prejudicial false information shown below it stated – ‘Defendant Retracts Plea of Not Guilty‘ – Public Defender’s Jeffrey D. Peckham and Eric Slingo were immediately notified and asked to have this prejudicial docket corrected, it was not until October of 2020

Is it Double Jeopardy if the Indictment Contains Charges Dropped by Judge Christine S. Jabour on September 8, 2020 in District Court by MTD in the original case (62-2020-02013) – same set of facts and incident date of February 17, 2020,

State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut – Jan. 21, 2025 Superior Court Judge Montalbano Decision to Defendant’s Pro Se Motion to Dismiss Indictment – DENIED

Jan. 21, 2025 Pro Se Petition for Habeas Corpus Relief is Denied and Closed without the Petitioner being Present in SUPREME Court or knowing about the decision

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 that was handwritten from the cell he was 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

Jan. 24, 2025 RI Judge Joseph Montalbano DENIES Mr. Colebut’s Pro Se Supplemental Motion to Suppress Evidence and Statements Made to Police During an illegal police detention and a Rule 5(a) Initial Appearance Violation and “unnecessary delay” in Presentment before a Magistrate or Justice

Jan. 24, 2025 RI Judge Joseph Montalbano Decision (below) to defendant’s Pro Se Supplemental Motion to Suppress Evidence and Statements Made to Police During a Rule 5(a) Initial Appearance Violation and “unnecessary delay” in Presentment before a Magistrate or Justice

Below is Clear and Convincing Evidence of a False Report of a Crime Filed by Detective David Silva after an incommunicado interrogation that violated Rule 5a – Count 3 is in fact fabricated, and the Superior Court Criminal Docket below is fabricated

The State’s Attorneys state in the above motion that Mr. Colebut was charged with misdemeanors which clearly is deceptive. It is evident that Judge Montalbano did not review the evidence and was extremely partial and biased in his decisions.

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

Pawtucket Police Communication’s Dispatcher, Michael Fidalgo, Maliciously Cancels the Paramedics and Ambulance and Re-routes a Good Faith RI E-911 Medical Emergency Call for a RESCUE to the police and falsely reports a ‘non-responsive female’ as an “unknown medical” to circumvent the Fourth Amendment requirements and abuse the ‘exigent circumstance’ doctrine to set up the 911 caller to be unlawfully arrested in his home.

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. Judge Joseph Montalbano denies Mr. Colebut’s Motion.

February 17, 2020 Kristine Ohler overdosed inside of Mr. Colebut’s home. She had a history of overdosing and passing out.

Kristine Ohler’s father James Jennings told Detective Hans Cute and David Silva that he 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

Jonathan Burke and Shannon Signore refer to Kristine Ohler’s ‘body’ as evidence. The EMTs transported her to the hospital where she was admitted. So Mr. Colebut filed Pro Se Motion to Suppress Evidence of Taint that was filed Jan. 8, 2025 and was Decided on February 3, 2025. However, Mr. Colebut’s Pro Se Motion (below) was argued by his Stand by Counsel, Elizabeth Payette, who had finally entered her appearance after Judge Montalbano suggested that Mr. Colebut let her take over and three request were made for her to enter her appearance.

Before entering her appearance attorney Elizabeth Payette made it clear (in writing) that if she entered and took over Mr. Colebut would not have any say in his defense strategy although the laws and case law states otherwise.

Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Joseph Montalbano’s Decisions in Rhode Island Superior Court Case State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut P1-2020-1991ADV show partiality and bias. 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 to cover up Pawtucket Police and Fire Departments gross negligence.

RI Judge Joseph Montalbano Granted ALL of the States Objections and Denied ALL of the Defendant’s Pro Se Pretrial Motions in Rhode Island Superior Court Case P1-2020-1991ADV – State of Rhode Island vs. Victor Colebut

Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General’s Shannon Signore and Jonathan Burke viscously pursued a conviction to put a Rhode Island E-911 Caller reporting an overdose to death by life in prison with no evidence.

The inquest and alleged ‘murder’ investigation, after destroying the body of Kristine Ohler by cremation, was made-up by the Pawtucket Police Department. Kristine Ohler 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.

Judge Joseph Montalbano allowed Shannon Signore and Jonathan Burke to use past bad acts alleged in two cases that were dropped/dismissed as evidence and subjected Mr. Colebut to double jeopardy. Judge Montalbano allowed a coerced statement to be used at trial and that violated Mr. Colebut’s Fourth Amendment due process rights and protections. Jonathan Burke and Shannon Signore mislead the jury and secured a wrongful conviction by any means.

STATE’S ATTORNEY GENERAL’S PROVIDE FALSE INFORMATION ON OFFICIAL COURT DOCUMENT’S which 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 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 Prosecutors knew that the defendant was not arrested for Murder or charged with it on February 18, 2020 the defendant was not charged with Murder until May 7, 2020 when they assited the Pawtucket Police with faking a 46G to continue to hold Mr. Colebut 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. Mr. Colebut was never arrested for this fake charge, he was not arraigned for this fake charge and Mr. Colebut’s signature was forged on official court documents.

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

Montalbano J. states below on pg. 2. “Domestic Murder, degree unspecified” The indictment charged 1st degree Murder, yet the Judge does not know the facts.

Superior Court Judge Joseph Montalbano has made legal errors in his decisions based on misleading and altered facts in official court records provided by the Rhode Island Attorney General’s assistant’s Shannon Signore and Jonathan Burke. However, as a justice of the Rhode Island Court Justice Montalbano who took an oath has proven that systemic racism and inequity and corruption exist in the Rhode Island Judicial System.

JUSTICE MONTALBANO SENTENCED MR. COLEBUT WITH THE MOST EXCESSIVE SENTENCE ALLOWED FOR 2ND DEGREE MURDER WHICH IS A MANDATORY 10 YEARS OR UP TO LIFE – JUDGE JOSEPH MONTALBANO CHOSE LIFE TO COVER-UP THE PAWTUCKET POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE

“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

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