Legal Opinion
State v. Pierce
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 6, 1958No. 167PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHulburd, J.
The respondent was prosecuted for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. When the case came on for trial in Bennington Municipal Court, difficulty was encountered in drawing a jury. This was because the legislature by No. 51 of the Acts of 1957 had established a new method of impanelling and selecting juries for municipal courts, and in so doing had proceeded to repeal the old one, (See V. S. 47, §1459-60) without allowing sufficient time for the new one to become operative. At the time of the trial, July 18, 1957, a jury list under the new Act was not…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Breithaupt v. AbramSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. BreanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1978
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