State v. Millette

The State appeals a Windsor District Court decision granting defendant’s motion to dismiss charges that he aided in the commission of a DUI, in violation of 23 V.S.A. § 1711. The State argues that the trial court erred in granting defendant’s motion. We affirm.

On June 17, 1998, defendant Chad Millette drove his car from Bennington to Windham, Vermont to visit a friend. While at his friend’s home, defendant, his friend, and a mutual friend, Alonzo Gilbert, had several beers. The men decided to go fishing in the late afternoon, in Chester, and defendant consumed four or five more beers at the…