STATE v. FORTE

No. 91-061.

624 A.2d 352 (1993)

STATE of Vermont v. Leonard FORTE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen., and David Tartter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montpelier, for plaintiff-appellee.

Alan P. Biederman of Biederman & Rakow, P.C., Rutland, for defendant-appellant.

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


DOOLEY, Justice.

In this extraordinary relief proceeding, the Bennington Superior Court granted a writ of certiorari to set aside an order of the Vermont District Court, Bennington Circuit, granting defendant a new trial in a criminal case. Defendant appeals, arguing that relief by way of certiorari is unavailable in this proceeding, that the court applied the wrong standard in granting the writ, and that the superior court was in error in its interpretation of the...

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