Legal Opinion
State v. Quinn
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided March 22, 1996No. 94-675PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDooley, J.
Defendant was charged with possession of a destructive device, a homemade pipebomb filled with smokeless gunpowder, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1604. The trial court dismissed the charge, concluding that because the device was made with gunpowder, it fell within an exception to the crime set forth in 13 V.S.A. § 1603(2). The State appeals the trial court’s ruling. We reverse.
The facts are not in dispute. On July 23, 1994, the state police received a call from a custodian of Bellows Falls Union High School, who told the police that he had found a pipebomb on the school’s front doorsteps. The…
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