Supreme Court of Vermont· 7/23/1993

State v. Blackmer

Citations

631 A.2d 1134
160 Vt. 451
1993 Vt. LEXIS 75

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holding that trial court’s discretion is “extremely broad” where constitutional right to bail does not apply and defendant has had opportunity to be heard
holding that in § 7553 cases where the evidence of guilt is great “the constitutional right [to bail] does not apply, [and] the presumption is switched so that the norm is incarceration and not release”
holding that after court finds evidence of guilt is great pursuant to § 7553, it must exercise its discretion in determining whether to impose bail or conditions of release
holding that in § 7553 cases where evidence of guilt is great “the constitutional right [to bail] does not apply, [and] the presumption is switched so that the norm is incarceration and not release”
explaining “in cases where the constitutional right [to bail] does not apply, the presumption is switched so that the norm is incarceration and not release”
collecting cases describing breadth and basis of trial court’s broad power to impose bail even when case is one “in which it would be hard and unjust to confine a man in prison, though accused even of the greatest offense” (quotation omitted)

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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson

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