State v. Allen

Appellant challenges the rulings of the district court, holding him in violation of two conditions of probation (assaultive behavior; purchase, possession or consumption of alcohol), and also summarily finding him to be in criminal contempt of court. We affirm.

Two police officers responded to a neighbor’s telephone call regarding a disturbance at a Burlington apartment. Arriving, they saw through the open door that the kitchen area was in chaos, with broken furniture, broken dishes and food strewn all over. (Witnesses later testified that appellant had not caused the damage.) They also saw a…