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STATE v. DIXON

No. 97-166.

725 A.2d 920 (1999)

STATE of Vermont v. April DIXON.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale O. Gray, Caledonia County State's Attorney, and Alan M. Singer, Deputy State's Attorney, St. Johnsbury, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Robert Appel, Defender General, Anna Saxman, Appellate Attorney, and Karen Misbach, Law Clerk (On the Brief), Montpelier, for Defendant-Appellant.

Stuart M. Bennett, Shelburne, for Amicus Curiae Vermont Apartment Owners Ass'n.

John J. McCullough III, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Montpelier, for Amici Curiae Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council and Vermont Tenants, Inc.

Present: AMESTOY, C.J., DOOLEY, MORSE, JOHNSON, and SKOGLUND, JJ.

DOOLEY, J.

Defendant April Dixon entered a conditional guilty plea to a charge of criminal trespass in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3705(a)(1), after the district court denied her motion to dismiss. On appeal, she contends that the notice of trespass issued by a landlord is insufficient to sustain a conviction based on her presence in the common areas of an apartment building while on a visit to the daughter of one of the landlord's tenants. We agree and reverse...

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