STATE v. LYNAUGH

Nos. 91-030 and 91-159.

604 A.2d 785 (1992)

STATE of Vermont v. Bernard J. LYNAUGH.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Butterfield, Caledonia County Deputy State's Atty., St. Johnsbury, for plaintiff-appellant.

Deborah T. Bucknam, St. Johnsbury, for defendant-appellee.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ.


MORSE, Justice.

Defendant was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) and obtained suppression of his breath test in the criminal case and a dismissal of the civil suspension proceeding. The trial court granted this relief because it found that the police had misled defendant about his right to counsel. The State took an interlocutory appeal from the suppression order and a direct appeal of the dismissal, both consolidated here. We reverse.

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