Legal Opinion

State v. Leo Reynolds

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided April 8, 2016No. 2015-146PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtReiber, C.J.

¶ 1. In this interlocutory appeal, the State challenges the trial court’s suppression of defendant’s pre-arrest confession to police. The State argues that the court erred in concluding that the confession was involuntarily made. We affirm.

¶ 2. Defendant is charged with four felony counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child and one felony count of aggravated sexual assault on a victim younger than thirteen. Defendant was sixty-seven years old at the time of the charged conduct, and the alleged victim, defendant’s neighbor Z.Z., was seven years old. Defendant filed a motion to suppress…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Miller v. FentonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Bram v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. State v. BaconSupreme Court of Vermont · 1995
  5. Samuel Christopher Hawkins v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by7 opinions

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