State v. Murray

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that ambiguous agreements are strictly construed against State
• resolving ambiguity in deferred sentence agreement, like all probation agreements, against the State
• “A deferred-sentence agreement, like all probation agreements, is a form of contract, subject to the normal rules for construction of contracts.” (citation omitted)
• general language of probation agreement insufficient to allow court to extend the duration of defendant's probation where specific term of probation agreement provided a limited probation period
• general language of probation agreement insufficient to allow court to extend the duration of defedant’s probation where specific term of probation agreement provided a limited probation period
• “A deferred-sentence agreement, like all probation agreements, is a form of contract, subject to the normal rules for construction of contracts.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hamelin v. Simpson Paper (Vermont) Co.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-08-01· cited 36×
• State v. Papazoni
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-01-08· cited 27×
• State v. Blaise
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2012-01-06· cited 19×
• Munson v. City of South Burlington
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-09-02· cited 17×
• State v. Rafuse
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-12-08· cited 15×
• Serecky v. National Grange Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-07-09· cited 14×
• State of Maine v. Crystal Palmer
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2016-07-28· cited 10×
• State v. Spitsyn
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2002-10-03· cited 6×
• State v. Tavis
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2009-06-12· cited 4×
• State v. Kory L. George
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2022-05-06· cited 2×
• State v. Leach
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2003-08-29· cited 1×
• State v. Bryan Love
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2017-07-21
• State v. Powell
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-11-26
• State v. Lloyd
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-09-02

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Ross Joseph Strada
  Eighth Circuit· 1974-10-10· cited 79×
• State v. Bubar
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1985-12-06· cited 73×
• Nash v. Warren Zoning Board of Adjustment
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-10-06· cited 30×
• Jett v. Leverette
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-09-22· cited 27×
• Trustees of Net Realty Holding Trust v. AVCO Financial Services of Barre, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1986-10-03· cited 14×
• State v. Duffy
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-04-07· cited 13×
• Sherwin v. Hogan
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1979-01-15· cited 12×
• Neal v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-03-12· cited 6×