STATE v. HINTON

No. 19-097.

239 A.3d 246 (2020)

2020 VT 68

STATE of Vermont v. Matthew S. HINTON.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemary Kennedy , Rutland County State's Attorney, and L. Raymond Sun , Deputy State's Attorney, Rutland, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Matthew F. Valerio , Defender General, and Sarah Star , Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for Defendant-Appellant.

PRESENT: Reiber, C.J., Robinson, Eaton, Carroll and Cohen, JJ.


¶ 1. Defendant Matthew Hinton appeals the superior court's sentence following his guilty plea to escaping from furlough. Defendant argues that new legislation decriminalizing the conduct should be applied retroactively to him. Separately, he maintains that the court abused its discretion when it ordered the sentence to run consecutively...

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