STATE v. CARPENTER

Nos. 11-254, 11-255.

70 A.3d 1023 (2013)

2013 VT 28

STATE of Vermont v. Michael CARPENTER.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

April 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina Rainville and Alexander Burke, Bennington County Deputy State's Attorneys, Bennington, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael Rose, St. Albans, for Defendant-Appellant.

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


BURGESS, J.

¶ 1. Defendant appeals from a sentence of five to fourteen years imprisonment under Vermont's Habitual Offender Act, 13 V.S.A. § 11, after pleading guilty to one felony count of violating an abuse-prevention order (VAPO) and five misdemeanors. Section 11 generally provides that a person already convicted of three felonies may, upon a fourth or subsequent felony conviction, be sentenced "to imprisonment up to and including life." Defendant contends...

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