United States of America v. Manuel Francis

Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter.

The State of Vermont accused Stacy Vaillancourt with manslaughter as a result of the death of a 6-month-old Harper Rose Briar at her child care business in Rutland. The cause of death was said to be an overdose of a sedative.

Defendant pled not guilty and denied that she was the person ... More...    $0 (12-01-2023 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Aita Gurung was accused of killing Yogeswari Khadka and attempted second degree murder of Tulasa Rimal.

Attorney General Susanne Young issued the following statement:

“Murder is the most serious charge that can be brought in our system of justice. The Attorney General’s O... More...    $0 (11-03-2022 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony transportation of a firearm.

On August 13, 2021, state and federal law enforcement authorities executed a state court search warrant at Eric Grenier’s home in Brandon. An officer with the Brandon Police Department obtained the warrant to look for and seize a handgun which Grenier allegedly displayed durin... More...    $0 (10-20-2022 - VT)

Mexican and Honduran Men Pled Guilty to Smuggling and Transporting Fourteen Illegal Aliens in Derby, Vermont

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that two persons have pled guilty to the smuggling and transporting of fourteen illegal aliens who traveled on foot from Quebec to Derby, Vermont in October 2017. The two defendants are Alberto Alvarado-Cas... More...    $0 (06-12-2018 - VT)

Burlington, VT Castleton Man Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment for Selling Heroin and Unlawful Possession of a Stolen Firearm

Leon Russell, 36, of Castleton was sentenced on April 18, 2018 to five years imprisonment by Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford in U.S. District Court in Rutland. Judge Crawford also sentenced Russell to three years supervised release, which is a period of supervisi... More...    $0 (05-02-2018 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Orwell Man Sentenced to 84 months of Imprisonment for Armed Robbery of Fair Haven Maplefields Store in September 2015

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Matthew Hinton, 28, most recently of Orwell, Vermont, has been sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss to 84 months of imprisonment for an armed robbery of the ... More...    $0 (02-12-2018 - VT)

Michael Blow pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute five 
grams or more of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(B) and 846.  
The district court sentenced him to 130 months in prison due, in part, to the 
court’s finding that Blow qualified as a career offender under United States 
Sentencing  Guidelines  Manual  (“USSG”)  §  4B1.1.  Section  4B1.1... More...    $0 (07-16-2016 - 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)

During the summer of 2013, defendant Gotavaskas was charged with burglary of
an occupied dwelling in one docket and providing false information and operation without the
owner’s consent in a second docket. At his arraignment on September 10, 2013, Gotavaskas
raised the issue of his competency and the trial court ordered a competency evaluation pursuant
to 13 V.S.A. § 4814. <... More...    $0 (02-08-2016 - VT)

This motion calls upon us to consider whether we should adopt the “prison mailbox rule” and hold that a notice of appeal is deemed filed for purposes of Vermont Rule of Appellate Procedure 4 when an unrepresented incarcerated inmate delivers it to
the prison authorities for forwarding to the court clerk. Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276
(1988). We previously dismissed petitioner’s ap... More...    $0 (01-09-2016 - VT)

The State appeals the Windham Superior Court, Criminal Division’s
decisions to seal certain portions of competency reports prepared in connection with court
ordered competency evaluations of Anthony Gotavaskas and Grant S. Bercik, defendants in two
separate criminal cases. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse and remand.
The facts of the respective underlying cases are as... More...    $0 (12-27-2015 - VT)

Dennis Gaskin, 28, of Moretown, Vermont to 20 months imprisonment for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony. Gaskin’s prior felony was a 2004 burglary conviction in Connecticut. Judge Reiss also sentenced him to three years supervised release, which follows his jail sentence. The firearms offense was subject to a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years.

This mat... More...    $0 (11-07-2014 - VT)

¶ 1. SKOGLUND, J. Hartford police officers responded to a report of a possible burglary in progress, and used considerable force in restraining the suspect. The alleged burglar turned out to be the homeowner, who was disoriented due to a medical condition. Journalist Anne Galloway requested records relating to the police contact with the homeowner from the chief of police. The ch... More...    $0 (08-03-2012 - VT)

Defendant Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont appeals an adverse final judgment on the grounds that the superior court erred by (1) granting plaintiff James Turner’s motion for judgment as a matter of law and setting aside the jury’s finding on the statute of limitations’ discovery period, (2) failing to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of negligent supervision, and (3) granting a mistr... More...    $0 (10-12-2009 - VT)

1. BURGESS, J. Plaintiff appeals from a trial court order dismissing her claims of negligence and gross negligence against defendants State of Vermont and Trooper Maurice Lamothe. These claims arise from an alleged failure by the trooper to properly investigate a reported incident of domestic abuse against plaintiff that continued after the trooper left the scene. We conc... More...    $0 (08-24-2007 - VT)