Legal Opinion
State v. Pitts
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 22, 2009No. 07-077 & 07-219PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reiber, CJ.
¶ 1. Defendants Yosef and Sequoya Pitts appeal from judgments of conviction, entered upon conditional plea agreements, for possession of illegal substances. Each claims that the trial court erroneously denied a motion to suppress based on an illegal search of Yosefs person and Sequoya’s home.1 We affirm in part and reverse in part.
¶2. The facts as revealed by the trial record and the court’s findings may be summarized as follows. In late December 2005, two South Burlington police officers served a subpoena on an individual in connection with a major drug distribution case. The…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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