State v. Turner

Defendant appeals his conviction of unlawful trespass in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3705. We affirm.

I

Defendant and complainant are next-door neighbors and share a common driveway. On December 28, 1986, officers of the Hartford police responded to a complaint of unlawful trespass at the complainant’s address. The state’s attorney subsequently charged defendant with unlawful trespass in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3705.*

At trial, the State contended that defendant had been warned to stay off complainant’s property, by both the complainant and an officer of the Hartford Police Department in July of…