Supreme Court of Vermont· 11/1/1996
State v. Rolfe
Citations
- 686 A.2d 949
- 166 Vt. 1
- 1996 Vt. LEXIS 102
- 1996 WL 629946
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 may contest foundational facts but not otherwise challenge admissibility of test results
- interpreting term “valid” in § 1203(d) to establish threshold of admissibility of test into evidence
- interpreting virtually identical statutory language “as determining the validity of any analysis of a blood or breath sample by any means”
- the Court “defer[s] to an agency’s interpretation of enabling legislation unless there is a compelling indication of error”
- defendant free to offer evidence to contest foundational facts or to urge jury to give test results no weight
- in construing a statute, we look first to the “plain, ordinary meaning” of its language
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Secretary, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. IrishSupreme Court of Vermont· 1999-06-25· cited 44×
- State v. LambSupreme Court of Vermont· 1998-07-31· cited 37×
- State v. MasseySupreme Court of Vermont· 1999-04-16· cited 17×
- State v. McQuillanSupreme Court of Vermont· 2003-03-28· cited 9×
- Borden v. HofmannSupreme Court of Vermont· 2009-03-13· cited 8×
- State v. VezinaSupreme Court of Vermont· 2004-07-01· cited 8×
- State v. WellsSupreme Court of Vermont· 2001-08-01· cited 6×
- State v. BurnettSupreme Court of Vermont· 2013-11-27· cited 5×
- State v. GuideraSupreme Court of Vermont· 1998-01-08· cited 4×
- State v. GrenierSupreme Court of Vermont· 2014-11-14· cited 4×
- State v. LoweSupreme Court of Vermont· 1999-04-12
- State v. Austin WhiteSupreme Court of Vermont· 2023-07-07
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
- State v. StreichSupreme Court of Vermont· 1995-02-17· cited 80×
- Wester v. StateAlaska Supreme Court· 1974-12-06· cited 56×
- People v. AdamsCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1976-06-28· cited 43×
- State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Vermont· 1993-11-29· cited 41×
- Otte v. StateNebraska Supreme Court· 1961-04-21· cited 32×
- In Re Spring Brook Farm Foundation, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-10-27· cited 23×
- Board of Trustees of Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Inc. v. Labor Relations Board & Local 1369Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-09-30· cited 22×
- State v. SinclairMissouri Court of Appeals· 1971-12-17· cited 21×
- Vermont Ass'n of Realtors, Inc. v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-05-24· cited 20×
- Central Vermont Hospital, Inc. v. Town of BerlinSupreme Court of Vermont· 1995-12-15· cited 14×
- State v. PlutaSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-10-11· cited 13×
- State v. QuinnSupreme Court of Vermont· 1996-03-22· cited 8×
- State v. RobitailleSupreme Court of Vermont· 1989-04-14· cited 8×
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