STATE v. ROY

No. 17-270.

203 A.3d 1177 (2018)

2018 VT 67A

STATE of Vermont v. Liana M. ROY

Supreme Court of Vermont.

December 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Burke , Bennington County Deputy State's Attorney, Bennington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Allison N. Fulcher of Martin & Associates, Barre, for Defendant-Appellee.

Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , Attorney General, and John D.G. Waszak , Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, for Amicus Curiae Vermont Attorney General.

Matthew Valerio , Defender General, and Dawn Seibert , Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for Amicus Curiae Office of the Vermont Defender General.

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


¶ 1. In this amended opinion, we consider whether the State had a statutory right to appeal from the trial court's post-guilty-verdict judgment of acquittal, and, if not, whether this Court should use its authority pursuant to Vermont Rule of Appellate Procedure 21 to grant the State the extraordinary remedy of reversing the trial...

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