Legal Opinion
In Re Fitts
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 10, 1964No. 1039PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSylvester, J.
This case is here on an appeal by the State of Vermont from an order of the Rutland County Court granting the application of the appellee Elizabeth Ann Fitts for a writ of habeas corpus, who at the time of hearing on the application was confined at the Women’s Reformatory in Rutland, Vermont.
The petitioner, Elizabeth Ann Fitts, a minor, 18 years of age, was convicted of a crime of petty larceny on her plea of guilty in the Brattleboro Municipal Court on August 3, 1962. She was sentenced to serve not less than .four or more than six months at the Women’s Reformatory in Rutland and to pay a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re TurnerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1918
- McFarland v. JohnsonTexas Supreme Court · 1863
- In re BarkerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1884
3Cited by4 opinions
- Lovejoy v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1987
- In Re M.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1974
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- Unnamed Prisoners v. MaranvilleSupreme Court of Vermont · 1990