Brattleboro, Vermont Defendant John Grega, age 32, was charged with rape and murder.

Grega was accused of killing his 31-year-od Wife Christine in the bathtub of a condo where the couple were vacationing on September 12, 1994.

According to the Supreme Court of Vermont:

"Defendant, a resident of New York, drove to Vermont on September 10, 1994, for a vacation with his wif... More...    $0 (08-04-1995 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.

Todd Bussino, 38, of Mt. Holly, was indicted for robbing the Rutland-area convenience store with a knife in March of 2021.

Federal, state and local law enforcement officials in the Rutland area investigated a series of robberies that took place between early November 2020 and April 202... More...    $0 (01-18-2022 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Vernoica Lewis, 37, of Worchester, Vermont, was charged with Interference with Commerce by Robbery and Possession of a Stolen Firearm.

On June 29, 2015, Lewis intentionally fired three rounds from a revolver at D.M. during a firearms lesson at a business in Westford, Vermont. After shooting D.M. in the face and abdomen... More...    $0 (05-28-2021 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont firearm felony charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Veronica Lewis, 36, of Worchester, Vermont who was charged with Interference with Commerce by Robbery, and Possession of a Stolen Firearm. United States District Judge Christina Reiss deferred acceptance of the plea agreement by the Court until sentencing, which has been scheduled for May 28, 2021. The agree... More...    $0 (02-15-2021 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Bennington Man Convicted Of Armed Robbery

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that John Chinnici, 33, of Bennington, Vermont, was convicted on July 27, 2018, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, following a jury trial. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss ordered Chinnici to remain in custody after the jury return... More...    $0 (07-31-2018 - VT)

The central question in this case is whether a parent may be
convicted of custodial interference under 13 V.S.A. § 2451 for interfering with the custody of the
Department for Children and Families (DCF) in the absence of a court order specifying the
schedule and limitations of the parent’s visitation. Defendant Liana Roy was convicted of
custodial interference for taking her ... More...    $0 (07-09-2018 - VT)

Defendant appeals the trial court’s decision that he violated the
terms of his juvenile probation by failing to attend school, comply with his GPS-monitoring
requirements, and participate in a Restorative Justice Panel. Defendant also appeals the trial
court’s decision to revoke his youthful-offender status based on these violations. We affirm in
part and reverse and remand ... More...    $0 (04-28-2018 - VT)

In 2015, defendant was living with his girlfriend. His girlfriend had a six-year-old
daughter, E.P., from a prior relationship. E.P. lived primarily with her father, but spent one night
a week at the home shared by her mother and defendant. On one of those evenings, defendant was
cutting boxes with a box cutter. The box cutter defendant was using was not a typical box cutter; More...    $0 (12-21-2017 - VT)

Defendant appeals the trial court’s order holding her without bail pending a probation revocation hearing. On appeal, defendant argues that pursuant to statute she has a right to bail. We reverse and remand.
¶ 2. The basic facts are not disputed. Defendant pleaded guilty to custodial interference in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 2451. In October 2014, she was sentenced to two-to-five years, al... More...    $0 (12-17-2016 - VT)

Defendant’s claims of error require a detailed review of the evidence presented at
trial. The incident giving rise to these charges transpired on May 17, 2014, on defendant’s
property in Bennington, Vermont. The property is located across the street from the police
station, and it is bisected by two public roads. Defendant lives on the property with his brother,
Peter Buckle... More...    $0 (05-29-2016 - VT)

On September 18, 2003, defendant was convicted of sexual assault of a minor in
violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a). He received a sentence of nineteen to twenty years, all
suspended except eleven years. The sentencing court indicated that the split sentence was
intended to deliver a “severe sanction” while giving defendant an option to make good on what
he claimed was remorse an... More...    $0 (04-22-2016 - VT)

In 2008, SynEcology’s founders, Edward Grossman and Jeanne Conde, sold the
company’s assets to Lawrence Kenney. Grossman and Conde subsequently started a new
software company, Business RunTime. In August 2011, SynEcology filed a civil complaint in
Chittenden Superior Court against Business RunTime, Edward Grossman, Jeanne Conde, and
two former SynEcology employees, Thomas Re... More...    $0 (03-04-2016 - VT)

Defendant, Thomas Bryan, appeals from the criminal
division’s denial of his motion to withdraw counsel and order finding him in violation of his
probation. The critical question in this case is whether sexually touching a minor violates a
probation condition prohibiting violent or threatening behavior. We hold that defendant’s act
constitutes violent behavior and we affirm t... More...    $0 (02-13-2016 - VT)

Defendant challenges his sentence and a special condition of
probation imposed following a guilty plea for sexual assault of a minor. On appeal, defendant
argues that probation condition 43, which gives his probation officer unbridled authority over
where defendant lives and works, is overbroad, as well as that the trial court erred as a matter of
law in finding defendant woul... More...    $0 (02-13-2016 - VT)

Defendant and the State entered a plea agreement, in exchange for which the
charge was amended and other charges against defendant were dismissed. The plea agreement
contemplated a contested sentencing hearing allowing the State to argue for a sentence of up to
forty years to life to serve and defendant to argue for a sentence of ten years to life, split to serve
five years. ... More...    $0 (02-08-2016 - VT)

This case requires us to decide whether, in a murder prosecution, a jury can find a defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter, as opposed to murder, on the basis of evidence that the defendant's actions were influenced by a serious psychological condition that does not rise to the level of insanity and does not negate the defendant's specific intent to kill. It also obliges us to reconcile dispar... More...    $0 (01-02-2016 - VT)

This case calls upon us to apply a “pollution exclusion” in an insurance policy for the second time in a year. Plaintiffs Neil and Patricia Whitney assert that damage to their home and personal property resulting from the spraying within their home of a pesticide known as chlorpyrifos is covered by their homeowners policy. Defendant Vermont
Mutual Insurance Company (Vermont Mutual) argues t... More...    $0 (12-27-2015 - VT)

¶ 2. Defendant and the State entered a plea agreement, in exchange for which the
charge was amended and other charges against defendant were dismissed. The plea agreement
contemplated a contested sentencing hearing allowing the State to argue for a sentence of up to
forty years to life to serve and defendant to argue for a sentence of ten years to life, split to serve
five yea... More...    $0 (12-27-2015 - VT)

Plaintiff Scott Nichols is an inmate in the custody and control of the Vermont Department of Corrections (the “Department”). At the time of the events in dispute here, he was incarcerated at Northern State Correctional Facility (“NSCF”). Since filing this complaint, Plaintiff has been released from prison and placed on conditional re-entry furlough in the community. This action was filed on Mar... More...    $0 (12-03-2015 - VT)

This case arises out of a divorce proceeding between plaintiff
Kenneth Felis and his former wife, Vicki Felis. Defendant Downs Rachlin Martin, PLLC
(DRM) represented Ms. Felis in the divorce proceeding, and defendant Gallagher, Flynn &
Company, LLP (GFC) was retained by DRM on behalf of Ms. Felis to prepare business
valuations related to the proceeding. Plaintiff appeals the ... More...    $0 (10-24-2015 - VT)

¶ 1. Defendant appeals an order of the Windham Superior Court[1] concluding that he violated a condition of his probation requiring him to notify his probation officer if he is planning to begin a sexual relationship. We reverse.
¶ 2. On October 29, 2009, defendant was convicted of several felony and misdemeanor offenses and placed on probation. In August 2013, afte... More...    $0 (06-12-2015 - VT)

¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Plaintiffs appeal the superior court’s denial of their motion for a new trial based on allegations of juror bias. The issues presented are whether (1) plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial was timely, (2) the trial court erred in denying the motion under the test for juror bias set forth in In re Nash, 158 Vt. 458, 614 A.2d 367 (1991), and (3) the trial court erred... More...    $0 (08-02-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. ROBINSON, J. Plaintiff filed suit for breach of contract and intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) against his former employer, the City of Burlington, claiming that the City disciplined him for actions and in a manner not authorized by the City’s personnel manual. The trial court granted the City summary judgment, concluding that the manual unambiguously allow... More...    $0 (08-02-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Defendant appeals from a final relief-from-abuse order in which the family division of the superior court concluded that plaintiff was a vulnerable adult and that defendant abused and exploited her. We affirm.

¶ 2. Plaintiff was born in November 1992. She was deaf for the first several years of her life, resulting in developmental delays that ca... More...    $0 (08-09-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. REIBER, C.J. In this civil action alleging sexual assault and battery and intentional or reckless infliction of emotional distress by a medical doctor during the course of his treatment of a high school female athlete, plaintiff appeals the superior court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant based on the six-year statute of limitations applicable to childhood sexual abuse... More...    $0 (08-09-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. This case presents the difficult task of equitably resolving the fallout from a collapsed, unwritten real estate transaction. Both parties challenge the monetary award arrived at by the trial court, sitting in equity. We conclude that, although correct in some respects, the trial court’s decision mistakenly treated the parties’ agreement as though it were an ag... More...    $0 (09-06-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. REIBER, C.J. Ex-husband and ex-wife[1] each appeal a post-judgment order of the superior court, family division, awarding wife maintenance arrears and attorney’s fees, and construing a provision in the final divorce order distributing the parties’ retirement accounts, including husband’s 401k account,[2] which decreased in value substantially before it could be divided be... More...    $0 (09-13-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Defendant Douglas Tuthill, Administrator of the Estate of Paul Oakes, appeals from the jury’s award of $150,000 in punitive damages to plaintiff Doreen Carpentier and the trial court’s denial of his motion for remittitur. Defendant also challenges the trial court’s denial of his post-judgment motion to vacate a writ of attachment. We affirm.

¶ 2. ... More...    $0 (10-04-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Plaintiff Michelle Straw appeals the judgment order of the superior court, pursuant to a jury verdict, dismissing her case for breach of an implied employment contract against defendant Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice of Vermont and New Hampshire (VNA). She argues that the jury instructions in her case were erroneous and prejudicial because they failed to ins... More...    $0 (10-18-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Plaintiff Janet Knutsen appeals the decision of the superior court denying her motion for summary judgment and granting defendant Vermont Association of Realtors, Inc.’s (VAR) motion for summary judgment on her consumer fraud claim arising out of her purchase of a home in Moretown. Plaintiff argues that VAR’s form purchase and sale agreement, which was used in h... More...    $0 (11-08-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Plaintiffs Thomas and Marie Baptie, administrators of the estate of their son, John Baptie, appeal the superior court’s decision granting defendant Aron McNeil, a former police officer, summary judgment with respect to their lawsuit alleging that the officer was liable for the death of their son as the result of his negligent investigation of their complaint again... More...    $0 (12-06-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. This case arises out of a proposed housing development in West Woodstock, Vermont. It is not the first case to come before us related to this development. In Roy v. Woodstock Community Trust and Housing Vermont PRD, 2012 VT 87, ___ Vt. ___, 60 A.3d 686, we affirmed the permits for the project granted by the town development review board and the district environme... More...    $0 (01-07-2014 - VT)

¶ 1. ROBINSON, J. This case presents the question of whether the superior court has authority to review questions regarding arbitrability in the midst of an arbitration, and outside of the specific review provisions in the Vermont Arbitration Act (VAA). We conclude that it does not, and reverse the superior court’s ruling concerning the arbitrability of class claims in this case.... More...    $0 (10-05-2012 - VT)

¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Appellant Foti Fuels, Inc. (Foti), a fuel distributor, appeals from the Washington Civil Division’s judgment in favor of Evans Group, Inc. (Evans), also a fuel distributor. Evans cancelled its agreement to sell fuel to Foti for resale and delivery to a retail gasoline station, and sued for payment of an outstanding balance of $68,864. Foti claims the unilateral t... More...    $0 (09-14-2012 - VT)

¶ 1. SKOGLUND, J. This litigation stems from the construction of a 143-unit condominium complex known as the Long Trail House at Stratton Mountain, Vermont. Plaintiff Long Trail House Condominium Association appeals from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to defendant general contractor Engelberth Construction, Inc. on its complaint. The Association argues that th... More...    $0 (09-28-2012 - VT)

¶ 1. SKOGLUND, J. Plaintiff Sally J. Taylor sued Fletcher Allen Health Care (FAHC) for medical negligence and negligent infliction of emotional distress, in connection with her medical care following a surgery performed on her lumbar spine. After plaintiff failed to disclose any expert witness in response to discovery requests, FAHC moved for summary judgment, arguing that plaintif... More...    $0 (10-19-2012 - VT)

¶ 1. ROBINSON, J. This case requires us to consider the constitutional rights of a putative biological father who seeks an order of parentage when a court has already issued a parentage order determining the minor child’s parents. We conclude that Vermont’s parentage statute does not authorize a court to allow a second parentage action involving a particular child brought by or ... More...    $0 (01-20-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. REIBER, C.J. Wife appeals from a superior court, family division order requiring her to sign a waiver to correct a previously filed Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO), which erroneously gave her survivorship benefits in her former husband’s pension. We affirm.

¶ 2. The underlying facts are not in dispute. Wife and husband were married in 1... More...    $0 (07-19-2012 - VT)

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. This case derives from a separation agreement made thirty-seven years ago between a now-deceased husband and plaintiff, his first wife. Plaintiff contends that her ex-husband promised to devise to her certain assets upon his death, and she brings various claims for equitable relief against defendant, her ex-husband’s second wife, who survived him. The superior co... More...    $0 (07-27-2012 - VT)