Experts
say the Vermont Supreme
Court got a reprimand from the U.S. Supreme Court this week. The
federal justices say the Vermont
court was wrong when it allowed a man to go free from prison because he didn’t
get a speedy trial.
The Bennington
County prosecutor is praising a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could result
in a man who was released from prison last year being sent back to jail.
The U.S. Supreme
Court is expected to rule by this summer on a Vermont case about whether criminal defendants could have
their charges dismissed because delays involving their taxpayer-funded lawyers.
The US Supreme Court this week will hear a Vermont prosecutor’s appeal in the case of
a domestic assault suspect whose conviction was thrown out because it took a
court three years to hear his case.
The U.S. Supreme
Court says it will hear a Vermont prosecutor’s appeal in the case of a domestic
assault suspect whose conviction was thrown out because it took a court three
years to hear his case.