State v. Christman

Appellant was convicted below, under an information amended during trial at the close of the State’s case, of violating 13 V.S.A. § 3705(c), relating to unlawful trespass, by entering a residence knowing she was not licensed or privileged to do so. She appeals that conviction, claiming that the amendment, made at the suggestion of the trial judge, severely-prejudiced her constitutional right to know the precise charge against her and deprived her of opportunity to intelligently prepare a defense. She seeks reversal of the judgment of guilty, claiming that the charge she was prepared to defend…