STATE v. COMES

No. 278-81.

472 A.2d 1253 (1984)

STATE of Vermont v. Carl G. COMES.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Easton, Jr., Atty. Gen., Robert W. Gagnon and Elizabeth Grant Rome, Asst. Attys. Gen., Montpelier, and Stephen Craddock, Law Clerk (On the Brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Andrew B. Crane, Defender Gen., William A. Nelson, Appellate Defender, and Nancy E. Kaufman, Acting Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant.

Before BILLINGS, C.J., and HILL, UNDERWOOD, PECK and GIBSON, JJ.


HILL, Justice.

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