State v. Chamberlin

This is an appeal pursuant to V.R.A.P. 5(b). It concerns the application of Administrative Order No. 17 to certain cases pending in the District Court of Vermont, Unit No. 5, Washington Circuit. The administrative order was a directive to trial courts relating to the dismissal for want of prosecution of criminal cases on the docket for more than six months without being acted upon. The appealing parties here are respondents who have sought to require such dismissal on their own behalf by filing motions to dismiss. The motions were denied below, and the issue is now sought to be heard here.…