State v. Crown

Defendant Gregory Crown appeals his conviction after jury trial for violating a proteetion-from-abuse order, see 13 VS. A § 1030(a), claiming that (1) the State failed to prove defendant’s knowledge of the contents of the order, which defendant contends is an element of the crime as defined by § 1030(a); (2) in light of his illiteracy, any conviction under § 1030(a) violates his constitutional right to due process; and (3) the underlying order was void because of its unspecified duration, thus fatally undermining the conviction. We affirm.

The facts are not in dispute. Defendant has a history…