STATE v. PELLERIN

No. 10-082.

996 A.2d 204 (2010)

2010 VT 26

STATE of Vermont v. Thomas Y. PELLERIN.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

March 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Sand, Windsor County State's Attorney, White River Junction, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Matthew T. Birmingham, III of Birmingham & Moore, P.C., Ludlow, for Defendant-Appellant.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, JOHNSON, SKOGLUND and BURGESS, JJ.


¶ 1. REIBER, C.J.

Defendant appeals the district court's January 5, 2010 decision to hold him without bail pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 7553, which states that a person "charged with an offense punishable by life imprisonment when the evidence of guilt is great may be held without bail." Defendant argues that § 7553 is inapplicable here because the charges brought against him are not in themselves punishable by life imprisonment. The State argues that, because...

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