Legal Opinion
State v. Lebo
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 5, 1971No. 66-70PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, C.J.
Double jeopardy is the principal claim of this appeal. The defendant was tried and convicted on an information which alleges he escaped from the Vermont State Prison at Windsor while in lawful custody in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1501.
The escape was made while the defendant was serving a sentence imposed by the district court at Rutland in 1968. On September 10, 1969, the prisoner was transferred from the prison proper to the farm maintained at the institution under the controlled supervision of the warden. He escaped from custody at the farm on October 12, 1969. He was apprehended on October…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Lloyd Mullican and Kenneth Eugene Shores v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Patterson v. United States. Kimball v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. StrongSupreme Court of Vermont · 1992
- State v. ChristmanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1977
- State v. KillebrewWisconsin Supreme Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. SneedMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1975
- State v. ProcterOhio Court of Appeals · 1977
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