State v. Dann

Defendants appeal related convictions for the sale and possession of fireworks in violation of 20 V.S.A. § 3132(a). Defendant Albert Wurzberger was the owner and operator of the 1836 Country Store in Wilmington. The State charged that defendant Wurzberger sold fireworks and that defendant Carl Dann possessed fireworks. Defendants argue that the trial court erred (1) in declining to apply claim preclusion to Wurzberger’s case, (2) in declining to apply issue preclusion to either case, (3) in upholding the fireworks statute against a void-for-vagueness claim, (4) in improperly instructing the…