State v. Ciocca

This prosecution was commenced by an information issued by the State’s Attorney of Chittenden County dated January 31, 1964. It charged the respondent with the commission of a crime, which for all practical purposes at this point, alleged the attempted burning of a building to defraud certain insurers, a violation of 13 V.S.A. §506.

Various pre-trial motions aimed at the sufficiency of the information and subsequent action on the part of the State’s Attorney resulted in an entirely new information being presented against the respondent in the form of three counts. Following a trial and…