State v. Barrows

How courts have described this case

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

• state may not subpoena defense witness statements taken by a defense investigator where limiting language in rules does not provide for that type of discovery
• “In light of the limited language of the rules and the restrictions of the common law, we hold that the State may not subpoena witness statements taken by the defendant’s investigator”
• “Although some state have enacted rules allowing the prosecution to discover defense witness statements in criminal cases . . . Vermont is not among them. States without such rules have held that the prosecution cannot obtain witness statements in the possession of the defense”
• a clear and unambiguous statute supersedes earlier common law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Simoneau
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2003-08-29· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Durham
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-03-14· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Perez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-08-01· cited 15×
• Devonwood Investors, LLC 75 Cherry Street
  Vermont Superior Court· 2017-05-22

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Wardius v. Oregon
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-11· cited 827×
• State v. Bailey
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1984-01-27· cited 64×
• In Re Burlington Bagel Bakery, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-05-13· cited 26×
• F.E.F. v. Cameron
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-05-17· cited 26×
• State v. Mahoney
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1961-12-15· cited 22×
• State v. Whitaker
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-02-10· cited 22×
• State v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1986-08-08· cited 19×
• State v. Lavallee
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1960-09-06· cited 17×
• Richardson v. District Court in & for the Eighth Judicial District
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1981-08-17· cited 15×
• People v. Paris
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1988-02-02· cited 11×
• State v. Hohman
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1979-03-28· cited 5×