Legal Opinion
In Re Davis
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided December 6, 1966No. 1068PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarney, J.
This petitioner was arrested on process issued as a result of criminal charges involving a felony, preferred by the state’s attorney in an information filed “on his oath of office,” as permitted by 13 V.S.A. §5652. Conviction followed. No claim is made that the statutory requirements were improperly or imperfectly carried out. The only contention is that, without some independent verification, oath or affirmation stating the evidence upon which the issuance of the arresting process was based, the proceedings are constitutionally defective.
It is not at all anomalous that one found guilty of a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Grano v. StateSuperior Court of Delaware · 1969
- State v. OvittSupreme Court of Vermont · 1967
- William Mayer v. Julius MoeykensCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Vermont · 1973
- State v. StewartSupreme Court of Vermont · 1971
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