Vermont Good Will Law
<H2> Migrant Justice v. United States Department of Homeland Security, et al. </H2>
Burlington, Vermont immigration lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants seeking information under the Freedom of Information Act, 05 USC 552.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/vermont/news/burlington/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Burlington</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> <br> 5 U.S.C. 552 -... More...
$0 (11-22-2022 - VT)Thomas Cole v. Foxmar, Inc. d/b/a Education and Training Resources
Burlington, Vermont employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant claiming wrongful "retaliation in violation of the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Act ('VOSHA'), 21 V.S.A. §§ 201-32, and retaliation in violation of the Vermont Earned Sick Time Act ('VESTA'), 21 V.S.A. §§ 481-87,..." Cole v. Foxmar, Inc. (D. Vt. 2022). <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <... More...
$55000 (12-21-2022 - VT)Sate of Vermont v. Aita Gurung
Burlington, Vermont criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Aita Gurung was accused of killing Yogeswari Khadka and attempted second degree murder of Tulasa Rimal.<br> <br> Attorney General Susanne Young issued the following statement:<br> <br> "Murder is the most serious charge that can be brought in our system of justice. The Attorney General's Offic... More...
$0 (11-03-2022 - VT)United States of America v. Timothy J. ("T.J.") Slade
Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with unlawfully maintaining his Londonderry residence for drug distribution from September 2016 through July 2017. <br> <br> The charge against Timothy ("T.J.") Slade,age 30, related to an investigation initiated by the Vermont State Police after Keith Johnson died following a heroin overdose in Londonderry in July 2017. The C... More...
$0 (06-09-2022 - VT)United States of America v. Jeremy Zullo
8 was simultaneously monumental and incremental. Monumental in that its 9 changes to sentencing calculations, mandatory minimums, good behavior credits 10 and other parts of our criminal laws led to the release of thousands of imprisoned 11 people whom Congress and the Executive believed did not need to be 12 incarcerated. Incremental, in that, rather than mandating more lenient outcomes, 13 it of... More...
$0 (10-02-2020 - VT)United States v. Donald Ray Boles
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg.png"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> In 2001, in an earlier case, Boles pleaded guilty to possession of child <... More...
$0 (01-28-2019 - VT)United States of America v. Donald Ray Boles
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/District-Vermont.png"><br> </center><br> <br> In this case, defendant‐appellant Donald Ray Boles was convicted in<br> the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, following a jury trial,<br> of possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B). On<br> April 17, 201... More...
$0 (01-27-2019 - VT)State of Vermont v. Christian J. Noll
<center><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28404&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new"><h2> MoreLaw Receptionist Services<h2> </b></h3></a> <center><h3><FONT COLOR="red"> Never Miss Another Call With MoreLaw's Receptionists Answering Your Calls </FONT> </h2></center><br> Defendant Christian J. Noll appeals from his conviction for <br> stalking pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 106... More...
$0 (10-17-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. Liana M. Roy <table> <td>
The central question in this case is whether a parent may be <br> convicted of custodial interference under 13 V.S.A. § 2451 for interfering with the custody of the <br> Department for Children and Families (DCF) in the absence of a court order specifying the <br> schedule and limitations of the parent’s visitation. Defendant Liana Roy was convicted of <br> custodial interference for taking h... More...
$0 (07-09-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. Jack Sawyer <table> <td>
Defendant Jack Sawyer appeals the trial court’s decision holding him without bail. Defendant is charged with four separate counts, each predicated on his alleged attempt to commit a crime, and three of which are punishable by life imprisonment. The sole question before this Court is whether the evidence of guilt is great that defendant attempted to commit any of the four charged crimes given t... More...
$0 (04-28-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. Jeffrey Davis <table> <td>
Defendant Jeffrey Davis appeals his conviction for financial <br> exploitation of a vulnerable adult under 13 V.S.A. § 1380(a) following a jury trial. He raises four <br> arguments on appeal. His first two arguments arise from the trial court’s denial of his motion for <br> a judgment of acquittal and the sufficiency of the State’s evidence. He also argues that the court’s <br> instruct... More...
$0 (03-26-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. Tyler Heffernan <table> <td>
Following a jury trial, defendant appeals his convictions for simple <br> assault and disorderly conduct stemming from a late-night brawl in downtown Burlington. First, <br> he argues that the court abused its discretion and denied him his rights to present a defense, to <br> compulsory process, and to due process when it denied his motion to continue the trial despite the <br> unavailability of... More...
$0 (12-03-2017 - VT)State of Vermont v. Malik A. Pratt <table> <td>
<center><a href="http://www.morelawsuites.com/" target="_new"><h2><font="Red">MoreLaw Suites - Legal Suites and Virtual Offices - Downtown Tulsa</h2></font></a><br> </center><br> <br> On August 22, 2016, defendant was arraigned on two felony charges for aggravated <br> domestic assault, and attempted sexual assault. Initially, the State requested that defendant be held without bail, <br> and the ... More...
$0 (03-14-2017 - VT)<b>State Of Vermont v. Albarelli</b>
This case arises from a fight involving two groups of men that occurred on July 18, <br> 2013, around midnight at the north end of Church Street in Burlington. As a result of the <br> altercation, defendant was charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct, and giving false <br> information to a police officer with the intent to deflect the investigation. At his jury trial on <br> February 3, ... More...
$0 (12-17-2016 - VT)<b>State of Vermont Supreme Court v. Joshua Anderson (Eastern Bail Bond Agency, Inc.) </ center></b>
The underlying facts are not disputed. On August 5, 2013, defendant was arraigned <br> on a charge of possessing stolen property. Defendant was ordered to provide the court with a <br> surety bond or cash in the amount of $5000. Defendant’s conditions of release also required him <br> to come to court for scheduled hearings and to provide his attorney and the court with his updated <br> addre... More...
$0 (12-17-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Glen Haskins, Jr.
This is an attempted murder case. At trial, defendant theorized <br> that a group of late-night club-goers with whom he was partying conspired to frame him for a <br> stabbing that occurred in downtown Burlington shortly after two o’clock in the morning of <br> January 15, 2012. Defendant argues that the trial court erred by excluding exculpatory testimony <br> and by giving misleading jury i... More...
$0 (07-16-2016 - VT)Concord General Mutual Insurance Company and Kevin Flanagan and Linda Flanagan v. Nathan Gritman, Austin Lawson, Nicholas T. Sweet, Elizabeth Plude, Kevin Spear and Dylan Stinson
Defendant Dylan Stinson appeals from a judgment finding him <br> liable to plaintiffs Kevin and Linda Flanagan for damage to their vacation home from a fire <br> started in an outdoor fireplace on their deck by a group of teenagers who were there without their <br> permission. Stinson contends that: (1) there was insufficient evidence to find him liable for the <br> damage under a concerted-acti... More...
$0 (04-30-2016 - VT)State of Vermont Supreme Court v. Stephen Howard
In this driving under the influence (DUI) case, the State appeals <br> the granting of defendant’s motion to exclude evidence collected from a traffic violation stop of <br> his car. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the case because it concluded that the <br> trooper who conducted the stop did not have a reasonable and articulable suspicion that <br> defendant committed a traff... More...
$0 (04-30-2016 - VT)Christopher Blake v. Progressive Northern Insurance
A motion for judgment on the pleadings under Vt. R. Civ. P. 12(c) is judged under the same standard as a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss. Irish Lesbian and Gay Org. v. Giuliani, 143 F.3d 638, 644 (2d Cir. 1998). The “complaint should not be dismissed ‘unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.’” ... More...
$0 (04-24-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. James Anderson
On September 18, 2003, defendant was convicted of sexual assault of a minor in <br> violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a). He received a sentence of nineteen to twenty years, all <br> suspended except eleven years. The sentencing court indicated that the split sentence was <br> intended to deliver a “severe sanction” while giving defendant an option to make good on what <br> he claimed was remor... More...
$0 (04-22-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Leo Reynolds
Defendant is charged with four felony counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with <br> a child and one felony count of aggravated sexual assault on a victim younger than thirteen. <br> Defendant was sixty-seven years old at the time of the charged conduct, and the alleged victim, <br> defendant’s neighbor Z.Z., was seven years old. Defendant filed a motion to suppress in October <br> 2014, argu... More...
$0 (04-10-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Leo Reynolds
Defendant is charged with four felony counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with <br> a child and one felony count of aggravated sexual assault on a victim younger than thirteen. <br> Defendant was sixty-seven years old at the time of the charged conduct, and the alleged victim, <br> defendant’s neighbor Z.Z., was seven years old. Defendant filed a motion to suppress in October <br> 2014, argu... More...
$0 (04-08-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Jason Atherton a/k/a Melton
The events that resulted in this conviction and appeal occurred during the late <br> evening and early morning hours of October 26 and 27, 2012. All of the principal witnesses—<br> the complainant K.M. and her two friends, M.B. and H.D.—testified that, along with defendant, <br> they met at M.B.’s apartment in the City of Newport on the evening in question before driving to <br> a bar in t... More...
$0 (03-02-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Jason Atherton a/k/a Melton
Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of sexual assault, <br> in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a)(1). He contends: (1) the seating of two biased jurors <br> deprived him of his right to an impartial jury; (2) the trial court committed prejudicial error by <br> prohibiting him from using a prior conviction to impeach a witness; and (3) the prosecutor’s <br> comments during closing ar... More...
$0 (02-28-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Thomas Bryan
Defendant, Thomas Bryan, appeals from the criminal <br> division’s denial of his motion to withdraw counsel and order finding him in violation of his <br> probation. The critical question in this case is whether sexually touching a minor violates a <br> probation condition prohibiting violent or threatening behavior. We hold that defendant’s act <br> constitutes violent behavior and we affi... More...
$0 (02-13-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Shamel L. Alexander
Defendant Shamel L. Alexander appeals from his conviction <br> for trafficking heroin in violation of 18 V.S.A. § 4233(c). He argues that the trial court erred <br> when it denied his motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of an unlawful seizure that <br> was not supported by reasonable suspicion. We agree and reverse. <br> ¶ 2. The trial court made the following findings in connec... More...
$0 (02-13-2016 - VT)State Of Vermont v. Luis Roldan
The defendant, Luis Roldan, was convicted of felony <br> assault with a dangerous weapon, discharging a firearm while committing a crime of violence, <br> and carrying a handgun without a license. On appeal, he contends that the trial justice erred in <br> denying his motion for a new trial. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of <br> conviction. The genesis for the crimes of whi... More...
$0 (02-12-2016 - VT)State Of Vermont v. Anthony Gotavaskas / State v. Grant S. Bercik
During the summer of 2013, defendant Gotavaskas was charged with burglary of <br> an occupied dwelling in one docket and providing false information and operation without the <br> owner’s consent in a second docket. At his arraignment on September 10, 2013, Gotavaskas <br> raised the issue of his competency and the trial court ordered a competency evaluation pursuant <br> to 13 V.S.A. § 4814. ... More...
$0 (02-08-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Peter A. Goewey
Defendant and the State entered a plea agreement, in exchange for which the <br> charge was amended and other charges against defendant were dismissed. The plea agreement <br> contemplated a contested sentencing hearing allowing the State to argue for a sentence of up to <br> forty years to life to serve and defendant to argue for a sentence of ten years to life, split to serve <br> five years. ... More...
$0 (02-08-2016 - VT)State Of Vermont v. Latonia Cong
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)State Of Vermont v. David Wisowaty
Defendant David Wisowaty appeals the trial court’s decision denying his motions for judgment of acquittal and new trial. Defendant argues that the judge, sitting as factfinder, relied upon evidence not introduced at trial and that the evidence presented was insufficient to sustain a conviction; thus, the trial court erred in finding him guilty of <br> excessive speed and negligent operation of... More...
$0 (01-01-2016 - VT)State Of Vermont v. Salahdin Trowell
Defendant Salahdin (Sal) Trowell appeals from a judgment of conviction of one count of assault and robbery and one count of kidnapping. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in: (1) ruling that he had opened the door to certain cross-examination of a defense witness; (2) refusing to give certain jury instructions that he had requested; and <br> (3) denying his motion for judgment of acqui... More...
$0 (01-01-2016 - VT)State Of Vermont v. William O. Stanley, Sr.
Defendant William O. Stanley, Sr., appeals his conviction of sexual assault. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court (1) erroneously permitted the trial and sentencing to proceed in his absence; (2) erroneously permitted the State to introduce an uncharged prior bad act as evidence; and (3) imposed the habitual-offender enhancement in a <br> way that may have violated the Double Jeopardy... More...
$0 (01-01-2016 - VT)Vermont Human Rights Commission, Lynne Silloway, Mary Bertrand and Lisa DeBlois v. State of Vermont, Department of Corrections and Department of Human Services
The Vermont Human Rights Commission and three female employees of the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) filed suit against the State—the DOC and the Vermont Department of Human Resources (DHR)—claiming that the DOC violated the Vermont Fair Employment Practices Act (VFEPA), 21 V.S.A. §§ 495-496a, by paying a male employee in the same position as the female plaintiffs as much as $10,000... More...
$0 (12-29-2015 - VT)State Of Vermont v. William O. Stanley, Sr.
Defendant William O. Stanley, Sr., appeals his conviction of sexual assault. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court (1) erroneously permitted the trial and sentencing to proceed in his absence; (2) erroneously permitted the State to introduce an uncharged prior bad act as evidence; and (3) imposed the habitual-offender enhancement in a <br> way that may have violated the Double Jeopar... More...
$0 (12-27-2015 - VT)State Of Vermont v. Kent Richland, Jr.
Defendant Kent Richland appeals his conviction for enabling the consumption of alcohol by a minor in violation of 7 V.S.A. § 658(a)(2), following a jury trial in Chittenden Superior Court, and the probation conditions imposed by the court at sentencing. We reverse the trial court’s holding with respect to the knowledge requirement of § 658(a)(2) and <br> remand for a new trial. Because of o... More...
$0 (12-27-2015 - VT)State Of Vermont v. Anthony Gotavaskas / State v. Grant S. Bercik
The State appeals the Windham Superior Court, Criminal Division’s <br> decisions to seal certain portions of competency reports prepared in connection with court <br> ordered competency evaluations of Anthony Gotavaskas and Grant S. Bercik, defendants in two <br> separate criminal cases. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse and remand. <br> The facts of the respective underlying cases are ... More...
$0 (12-27-2015 - VT)State Of Vermont v. Peter A. Goewey
¶ 2. Defendant and the State entered a plea agreement, in exchange for which the <br> charge was amended and other charges against defendant were dismissed. The plea agreement <br> contemplated a contested sentencing hearing allowing the State to argue for a sentence of up to <br> forty years to life to serve and defendant to argue for a sentence of ten years to life, split to serve <br> five ye... More...
$0 (12-27-2015 - VT)Nichols v. LaPlante
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 file... More...
$0 (12-03-2015 - VT)Grover V. Kilawatt Technologies, Inc.
On December 24, 2014, the court granted a motion to amend the complaint to add <br> Gregory Johnson and others as defendants. The 60-day period to serve the new parties thus ran <br> from that date, and expired in February. V.R.C.P. 3. On April13, Plaintiff filed a motion to <br> extend the time for service upon Mr. Johnson. The court denied the motion as untimely and <br> unsupported by excusable... More...
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