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STATE v. PONTBRIAND

No. 03-537.

878 A.2d 227 (2005)

2005 VT 20

STATE of Vermont v. Shawn PONTBRIAND.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

February 18, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Simpson, Chittenden County State's Attorney, and Pamela Hall Johnson, Deputy State's Attorney, Burlington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Matthew F. Valerio, Defender General, and Henry Hinton, Appellate Attorney, Montpelier, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present: AMESTOY, C.J., DOOLEY, JOHNSON, SKOGLUND and REIBER, JJ., and C.J. ALLEN (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

SKOGLUND, J.

The State appeals a trial court order suppressing statements defendant Shawn Pontbriand made to law enforcement officers before his arrest. The trial court found that Pontbriand was in police custody at the time the statements were made, and that the officers improperly reinitiated questioning after Pontbriand invoked his right to counsel. We reverse.

¶ 2. In early May 2002, the Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations began investigating...

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