Legal Opinion
In Re Jones
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided November 6, 2009No. 2008-504PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSkoghmd, J.
¶ 1. The State appeals from a decision of the Windsor Superior Court granting petitioner post-conviction relief (PCR) on the grounds that his convictions for burglary and unlawful restraint are void. The superior court held that the criminal limitations period, set out in 13 V.S.A. §§ 4501 and 4503 1 , could not be waived. We affirm.
¶ 2. The facts of the underlying' case are presented in our opinion In re Jones, 2009 VT 39, ¶¶ 2-4, 185 Vt. 638, 973 A.2d 1198 (mem.), and we will recount them only briefly here. While committing a home burglary in February 1997, two perpetrators physically…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Toussie v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. DelisleSupreme Court of Vermont · 1994
- Delta Psi Fraternity v. City of BurlingtonSupreme Court of Vermont · 2008
- In Re MullesteinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1987
- Wright Ex Rel. Hood v. BradleySupreme Court of Vermont · 2006
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Daniels v. Elks Club of Hartford and the Human Rights CommissionSupreme Court of Vermont · 2012
- Vermont v. BrunnerSupreme Court of Vermont · 2014
- State v. ErwinSupreme Court of Vermont · 2011
- State v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Vermont · 2013
- In re K.A., JuvenileSupreme Court of Vermont · 2016
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