Opinion
SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 2020-155
02-19-2021
ENTRY ORDER APPEALED FROM: Superior Court, Washington Unit, Civil Division DOCKET NO. 224-4-18 Wncv Trial Judge: Timothy B. Tomasi
In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:
¶ 1. In the above-captioned case, this Court accepted an appeal on report posing the question: Does 13 V.S.A. § 4021 violate Chapter I, Article 16 of the Vermont Constitution? This Court has resolved the same question in a decision issued this day in the case of State v. Misch, 2021 VT 10, ___Vt. ___, ___ A.3d ___. For the reasons set forth in that opinion, we answer the question reported in this case as follows: 13 V.S.A. § 4021 does not violate Chapter I, Article 16 of the Vermont Constitution.
BY THE COURT:
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Beth Robinson, Associate Justice
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Karen R. Carroll, Associate Justice
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John P. Wesley, Superior Judge (Ret.),
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David A. Howard, Superior Judge (Ret.),
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Dennis R. Pearson, Superior Judge (Ret.),
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