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
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
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
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
Should an accused person have to beg for the assistance of counsel and fairness that the Constitution of the United States guarantees?
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.
Can a defense attorney pass on a Speedy Trial without the defendant’s knowledge if the defendant demands one?
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 or 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 proceed to assist the state’s attorney’s and law enforcement.
A glimpse of ‘how they did it’, the cycle and tactics used to deprive the defendant of his constitutional rights and retaliatory acts intended to force a plea deal.
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 about details of the case.
RI Criminal Defense Attorney Gary G. Pelletier did tell the defendant that he waived his right to a bail hearing and withdrew his Motion for a Speedy trial until this was disproved in writing by the public defender’s, Jeffrey D. Peckham and Eric Slingo whom Pelletier had replaced when he accepted responsibility for the case.
Public Defender Jeffrey Peckham states that the defendant who had been detained and held without bail since February 17, 2020 who was arraigned on the indictment on July 29, 2020 was not ready ‘even for a bail hearing’
Does the law require that a bail hearing be set within ten (10) days when the state opposes bail?
State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut – Criminal Defense Lawyer Gary G. Pelletier 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 an the following document
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’.
If the mail clerk intercepts inmate correspondence to interfere with an accused person’s rights is that legal?
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
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
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
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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
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
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, was the defendant’s bail unlawfully revoked the second time?
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
On the Evening of May 8, 2020 the Police/Prosecutor(s) Notified the Media about the new charge.
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
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. The case would later be Flaged SOCN
Is it fair that the defendant continued to be held without bail in District Court Case 62-2020-03831 and then in Superior Court Case P1-2020-1991ADV although defendant has never had a bail hearing?
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
State of Rhode Island v. Victor Colebut 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 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
Jan. 24, 2025 RI Judge Joseph Montalbano DENIES 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
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 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
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
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
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 set up the 911 caller
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
Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Joseph Montalbano Denies ALL of the Defendant’s Pro Se Motions
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
State v. Victor Colebut is a Viscous Prosecution that is evidence of how Wrongful Convictions happen to innocent people
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