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)

Defendant Ivan Alcide was charged with possession of heroin and
cocaine and sought to suppress all evidence of drugs seized from his vehicle after a police dog
indicated the presence of drugs. The trial court found that the contraband was obtained through
the illegal expansion of the scope of a motor vehicle violation stop into a criminal drug
investigation, suppressed the ev... More...    $0 (02-08-2016 - VT)

Defendant Ivan Alcide was charged with possession of heroin and
cocaine and sought to suppress all evidence of drugs seized from his vehicle after a police dog
indicated the presence of drugs. The trial court found that the contraband was obtained through
the illegal expansion of the scope of a motor vehicle violation stop into a criminal drug
investigation, suppressed the ev... More...    $0 (01-09-2016 - VT)

Defendant appeals from his conditional guilty plea to possession of
cocaine, challenging the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress. Defendant maintains that
he was illegally seized when a police officer approached his parked car twice in a short period
and, during the second encounter, asked him pointed questions about drugs. We agree, and
therefore reverse and reman... More...    $0 (01-01-2016 - VT)

Defendant appeals from his conditional guilty plea to possession of cocaine, challenging the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress. Defendant maintains that he was illegally seized when a police officer approached his parked car twice in a short period and, during the second encounter, asked him pointed questions about drugs. We agree, and
therefore reverse and remand the trial cou... More...    $0 (12-28-2015 - VT)

The trial court record demonstrates the following facts. At 1:01 p.m., on August
12, 2013, a uniformed law enforcement officer driving a marked cruiser pulled into the parking
lot of the Hannaford Supermarket in Brandon, Vermont. The officer observed a vehicle parked
in the back lot, in the area farthest from the building, where neither patrons nor employees
typically park. ... 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)

The trial court record demonstrates the following facts. At 1:01 p.m., on August
12, 2013, a uniformed law enforcement officer driving a marked cruiser pulled into the parking
lot of the Hannaford Supermarket in Brandon, Vermont. The officer observed a vehicle parked
in the back lot, in the area farthest from the building, where neither patrons nor employees
typically park. ... More...    $0 (10-24-2015 - VT)

1. SKOGLUND, J. Plaintiff Mark W. King, an inmate of the North West Correctional Facility ("NWCF") in Swanton, appeals from the superior court's denial of his cross-motion for summary judgment and grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections ("DOC"), dismissing plaintiff's claims contesting the propriety of the random... More...    $0 (03-28-2003 - VT)