STATE v. PRAY

Nos. 229-75, 260-75.

346 A.2d 227 (1975)

STATE of Vermont v. Gary PRAY. STATE of Vermont v. Godfrey H. ROESSEL, Jr.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

October 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Jerome Diamond, Atty. Gen., Raymond L. Betts, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Montpelier, Raymond G. Bolton, Bennington County State's Atty., Bennington, Greg McNaughton, Washington County Deputy State's Atty., Montpelier, for plaintiff.

Robert Edward West, Defender Gen., Charles S. Martin, App. Defender, Montpelier, David S. Putter, Public Defender, Bennington, for defendant.

Before BARNEY, C. J., and SMITH, DALEY, LARROW and BILLINGS, JJ.


BILLINGS, Justice.

These cases, heard jointly on appeal, challenge the constitutional validity of the bail statute, 13 V.S.A. § 7554, as it relates to non-capital cases prior to trial, when used to deny bail on the basis that release of a prisoner would constitute a danger to the public.

Gary Pray was indicted in the Bennington Superior Court for first-degree murder, 13 V.S.A. § 2301, on May 6, 1971. On trial conviction resulted, which was affirmed...

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