STATE v. MILLS

Nos. 96-337, 96-630, 96-643 & 97-004.

706 A.2d 953 (1998)

STATE of Vermont v. Wayne G. MILLS. STATE of Vermont v. Talmage B. JESTICE, Jr. STATE of Vermont v. Donald J. RHINEHART. STATE of Vermont v. Jeremy J. STARR.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, and David Tartter, Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Robert J. Appel, Defender General, and William A. Nelson, Appellate Attorney, Montpelier, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before AMESTOY, C.J., and DOOLEY, MORSE, JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ.


DOOLEY, Justice.

Each of these four criminal cases was decided adversely to defendant by a three-justice panel convened pursuant to V.R.A.P. 33.1. Defendants now request that the full Court vacate the decisions, arguing that judicial action by less than a full complement of five justices of the Supreme Court is constitutionally deficient under Chapter II, §§ 29, 31 of the Vermont Constitution. We disagree and deny...

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