Legal Opinion

In re Chandler

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided February 15, 2013No. 2012-073PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Reiber, CJ.

¶ 1. Charles Chandler appeals the dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court dismissed the petition after the expiration of the twenty-nine-to-thirty-day custodial sentence imposed pursuant to the challenged conviction for impeding a public officer. We reverse and remand.

¶ 2. Following a confrontation with several fire fighters on his property, petitioner was charged in 2006 with impeding a public officer, a felony under 13 V.S.A. § 3001. A jury convicted petitioner after a three-day jury trial in November 2009.…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Spencer v. KemnaSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Lackawanna County District Attorney v. CossSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  5. Commonwealth v. AhlbornSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997

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3Cited by13 opinions

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