State v. Dixon

Defendant April Dixon entered a conditional guilty plea to a charge of criminal trespass in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3705(a)(1), after the district court denied her motion to dismiss. On appeal, she contends that the notice of trespass issued by a landlord is insufficient to sustain a conviction based on her presence in the common areas of an apartment building while on a visit to the daughter of one of the landlord’s tenants. We agree and reverse.

The facts as assumed by the trial court in considering defendant’s motion to dismiss are not in dispute, and we therefore summarize the pertinent…