DOOLEY, J.
¶ 1. The State appeals a Lamoille District Court decision granting defendant's motion to dismiss charges that he violated the domestic assault statute, 13 V.S.A. § 1042. The State argues that the trial court erroneously construed § 1042 to require serious bodily injury in cases of parent-on-child assaults. We reverse.
¶ 2. The trial court dismissed this case pursuant to defendant's V.R.Cr.P. 12(d) motion for lack of a prima facie...
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