Supreme Court of Vermont· 8/15/2002
State v. Thompson
Citations
- 807 A.2d 454
- 174 Vt. 172
- 2002 Vt. LEXIS 223
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that Sex Offender Registration Act, a penal statute, is not ambiguous because is capable of only one reasonable interpretation
- stating that “subject matter of the statute as a whole (‘Sex Offender Registration; Law Enforcement Notification’
- noting defendant’s rule-of-lenity argument but holding that statute was unambiguous, and noting that “a majority of the states that have construed the sex offender registry statutes in their jurisdictions have found the statutes regulatory, rather than penal, in purpose”
- where state legislature amended a statute to add a definition for a previously undefined term, the change constituted a clarification rather than a substantive change in law, as circumstances clearly indicated this to waters. . . .” 24 V.S.A. § 4412(3) (emphasis added
- addressing “obvious purpose” of 1996 sex-offender-registry statute
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Judges: Amestoy, Dooley, Morse, Johnson, Skoglund
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. Stephanie BerardSupreme Court of Vermont· 2019-09-27· cited 28×
- State v. KenvinSupreme Court of Vermont· 2011-11-04· cited 25×
- City of Montpelier v. Barnett, Sanborn and Natural Resources BoardSupreme Court of Vermont· 2012-05-10· cited 19×
- Vermont v. BrunnerSupreme Court of Vermont· 2014-06-20· cited 13×
- State v. DelaozSupreme Court of Vermont· 2011-03-18· cited 11×
- State v. Kimberly LoveSupreme Court of Vermont· 2017-08-18· cited 11×
- Doe v. Vermont Office of Health AccessSupreme Court of Vermont· 2012-06-14· cited 10×
- Willard v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIPSupreme Court of Vermont· 2005-08-05· cited 10×
- Andrew Wood v. Jeffrey Wallin and Michael SchirlingSupreme Court of Vermont· 2024-04-19· cited 7×
- State v. Thomas A. GauthierSupreme Court of Vermont· 2020-07-24· cited 6×
- People's United Bank, NA v. Alana Provencale, Inc. (R.E.E. & C. Capital Management Services, Inc., Appellant)Supreme Court of Vermont· 2018-04-27· cited 4×
- Katherine Heffernan v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont· 2018-04-20· cited 3×
- State v. Jonathan C. RichardsSupreme Court of Vermont· 2021-05-28· cited 3×
- Olsen v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court· 2014-08-28· cited 2×
- State v. KimmickSupreme Court of Vermont· 2007-05-24· cited 1×
- Ian Burnett v. Home Improvement Company of VermontSupreme Court of Vermont· 2024-07-19· cited 1×
- Dorr v. LacosteVermont Superior Court· 2016-02-05
- Fraser v. SleeperVermont Superior Court· 2005-09-20
- Regan Prelim & Final SD PlatVermont Superior Court· 2012-12-18
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Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Tarrant v. Department of TaxesSupreme Court of Vermont· 1999-04-09· cited 92×
- State v. PickensSupreme Court of Iowa· 1997-01-22· cited 79×
- State v. YoungArizona Supreme Court· 1975-11-10· cited 43×
- Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska· 1999-07-23· cited 37×
- State v. CostelloSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1994-06-15· cited 37×
- In re G.T.Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-05-19· cited 30×
- Town of Cambridge v. Town of UnderhillSupreme Court of Vermont· 1964-10-06· cited 24×
- State v. BrennanSupreme Court of Vermont· 2001-06-01· cited 16×
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