State v. Sidway

This is an appeal from the verdict of the jury and á judgment and sentence of the District Court of Vermont, Lamoille Circuit, Unit No. 3, convicting the defendant of the crime of leaving the scene of an accident.- 23 V.S.A. § 1128., The sentence of 0-6 months was suspended, she-, was fined $200, and granted probation. The sentence was stayed pending appeal. •

The defendant, who had no valid operator’s license, was driving her mother’s car home from a bistro in Stowe, over a highway known as the River Road, at about 11:00 P.M. on January 15, 1978, when she lost control of her car. The weather…