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· 6/16/1989

Shaw v. VERMONT DIST. COURT, UNIT NO. 3

Citations

  • 563 A.2d 636
  • 152 Vt. 1
  • 1989 Vt. LEXIS 121

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that defendant had no constitutional right to jury trial in civil proceeding unknown at common law
  • recognizing that determination of whether officer has “reasonable grounds to believe that” individual was DUI is similar to probable cause determination made to obtain search or arrest warrant
  • because summary suspension hearing is civil proceeding, not criminal, right under Vermont Constitution to trial by jury does not apply
  • \[T]he determination of the officer's reasonableness is similar to a probable cause determination made to obtain a search or arrest warrant.\
  • no right to jury trial in civil suspension proceeding
  • no right to jury trial in civil suspension proceeding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Allen, Peck, Gibson, Dooley, Springer

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