State v. Cram

On November 20, 1989, defendant and five other individuals entered the grounds of a test firing range facility in Underhill, Vermont, and remained after notice against trespass had been communicated to them. Defendant’s avowed purpose in entering was to prevent the testing by General Electric Company of “gatling guns” and, consequently, delay shipment of the guns to El Salvador, where they were being used by the military to shoot civilians. Defendant was charged with unlawful trespass under 13 V.S.A. § 3705(a)(1). At a pretrial status conference, and again in answer to a motion in limine by…