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IN RE CARPENTER

No. 17-311.

197 A.3d 865 (2018)

2018 VT 91

IN RE Michael L. CARPENTER.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

August 31, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adele V. Pastor , Barnard, for Petitioner-Appellant.

David Tartter , Deputy State's Attorney, Montpelier, for Respondent-Appellee.

PRESENT: Reiber, C.J., Skoglund, Robinson and Eaton JJ., and Morris, Supr. J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

¶ 1. The central question in this appeal is whether the collateral bar rule precludes a challenge to a facially invalid, emergency, ex parte, relief-from-abuse (RFA) order in the context of a prosecution for violation of that order. Arguing that the State has not established an abuse of the writ, petitioner appeals the dismissal of...

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