State v. Nelson

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that probation is “an essential tool in the court’s ability to shape a criminal sentence to the rehabilitative needs of the individual defendant”
• noting that sentencing, including the imposition of conditions of probation, is an inherently judicial function
• criminal sentencing by trial court will be upheld if reasonably related to crime for which defendant was convicted
• “While not without limitation, a trial court’s discretion in this context is expansive, and will generally be upheld if the probation condition is reasonably related to the crime for which the defendant was convicted.”
• “While not without limitation, a trial court’s discretion in this context is expansive, and will generally be upheld if the probation condition is reasonably related to the crime for which the defendant was convicted.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re Carter
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-02-27· cited 74×
• State v. Billy Joe Putnam
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2015-09-04· cited 28×
• Meyer v. State State v. Rivera
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2015-12-22· cited 25×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-10-22· cited 19×
• State v. Willy Levitt
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2016-05-27· cited 16×
• State v. Campbell
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2015-03-27· cited 14×
• Baum v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2001-03-30· cited 5×
• State v. Pratt
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2002-01-28· cited 4×
• State v. Powers
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-12-26· cited 3×
• State v. Nolen
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2012-12-28· cited 2×
• State v. Ryan R. Hovey
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2021-08-27· cited 1×
• Noble v. Sec'y of State
  Vermont Superior Court· 2010-10-21
• CLF Stormwater Discharge
  Vermont Superior Court· 2008-08-28
• Paige v. State of Vermont
  Vermont Superior Court· 2018-03-16
• Michele Morin and Karen Rowell v. City of Burlington
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2026-05-15

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court· 1952-06-02· cited 1,646×
• Nixon v. Administrator of General Services
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-28· cited 1,340×
• People v. Navarro
  California Supreme Court· 1972-05-23· cited 185×
• State v. Whitchurch
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-05-25· cited 34×
• In re D.L.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-09-22· cited 26×
• State v. Emery
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-04-19· cited 20×
• City of Detroit v. Del Rio
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1968-04-22· cited 19×
• People v. Dickens
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1985-07-01· cited 14×
• Brock v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-01-04· cited 11×
• Sheppard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-12-12· cited 10×
• State v. Hale
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1979-04-03· cited 8×
• In the Interest of A. H. S.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-12-05· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Kline
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-06-24· cited 6×