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STATE v. PETRUCELLI

No. 88-479.

592 A.2d 365 (1991)

STATE of Vermont v. Steven J. PETRUCELLI.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

Motion For Reargument Denied April 19, 1991.

Motion For Stay of Mandate Denied April 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen., and Susan R. Harritt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montpelier, for plaintiff-appellee.

Walter M. Morris, Jr., Defender Gen., and Henry Hinton, Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., GIBSON, DOOLEY and MORSE, JJ., and PECK, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

MORSE, Justice.

The sole issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether 1 V.S.A. § 214(b)(2) prohibits retroactive application of an amendment to 13 V.S.A. § 4501(c), which lengthened the statute of limitations for sexual assault from three years to six years. We hold that it does not and remand for trial.

On March 27, 1987, the State filed an information charging defendant with two counts of sexual assault of a minor. The alleged offenses occurred...

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