STATE v. CHAMBERS

No. 143-81.

477 A.2d 110 (1984)

STATE of Vermont v. Robert CHAMBERS.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

Reargument Denied April 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Easton, Jr., Atty. Gen., Robert V. Simpson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Stephen Craddock, Law Clerk, Montpelier, on the brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Andrew B. Crane, Defender Gen., William A. Nelson, Appellate Defender, and Henry Hinton, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant.

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


HILL, Justice.

The defendant appeals his conviction for burying the dead body of his daughter without a burial permit, in violation of 18 V.S.A. § 5211. We affirm.

The defendant's daughter, Hanna, died during the course of her home birth at a house in Island Pond shared by the defendant and other members of his religious community, the Northeast Kingdom Community Church. Shortly after Hanna's death, a member of the church contacted the regional medical...

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