Legal Opinion
In Re Savo
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided April 30, 1981No. 112-79PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
Counsel for petitioner failed to file the required notice of appeal in time to preserve review of a conviction for armed robbery obtained in Addison District Court, Unit No. 2. This Court, citing V.R.A.P. 4, accordingly ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal. State v. Savo, 136 Vt. 330, 388 A.2d 391 (1978).
As a result, petitioner sought post-conviction relief pursuant to 13 Y.S.A. § 7131, alleging that counsel’s failure to file a timely notice of appeal, despite a request to do so, violated petitioner’s Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to effective counsel. Petitioner…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Evitts v. LuceySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- State v. SavoSupreme Court of Vermont · 1982
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- In re RebideauSupreme Court of Vermont · 1981
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