STATE v. MURRAY

No. 91-390.

617 A.2d 135 (1992)

STATE of Vermont v. Betty MURRAY.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

September 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan M. Davis, Windham County State's Atty., Christopher C. Moll, Deputy State's Atty., and R. Jennings Cantrel, Legal Intern, Brattleboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

E.M. Allen, Defender Gen., and Anna E. Saxman, Appellate Atty., Montpelier, for defendant-appellant.

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


DOOLEY, Justice.

Defendant appeals a trial court decision extending the terms of her deferred-sentence agreement after the period of the deferral had passed but before the five-year limit on deferred sentences contained in 13 V.S.A. § 7041(a) had expired. We reverse.

Defendant pled no contest in district court on October 15, 1987, to a charge of welfare fraud. On that same day she and the State entered into a deferred-sentence agreement, which was approved...

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