State v. Wheel

Defendant in a false swearing case seeks permission to bring certain issues to this Court by interlocutory appeal under Rule 5(b) of the Vermont Rules of Appellate Procedure. The motion was first made in the district court and denied without opinion. The issues relate to claimed irregularities in an inquest during which the defendant is alleged to have given perjured testimony. Defendant claims that the testimony given in the inquest should be suppressed because: (1) defendant was questioned under oath without presence of counsel or Miranda warnings, and in violation of the separation of…