· 4/14/1989
State v. Venman
Citations
- 564 A.2d 574
- 151 Vt. 561
- 1989 Vt. LEXIS 109
How courts have described this case
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- rejecting the defendant’s proportionality challenge to theoretical punishment of 10 years for each count of Medicaid fraud, where the defendant’s actual sentence involved only 30 days of incarceration
- single scheme existed in Medicaid fraud case where defendant used a particular method to prepare and submit numerous false claims
- challenging maximum penalty of ten years for Medicaid fraud as disproportional to the offense on its face, although defendant’s actual sentence totaled only thirty days
- applying Barker test to speedy trial claim made under both U.S. and Vermont Constitutions
- rejecting the defendant's proportionality challenge to theoretical punishment of 10 years for each count of Medicaid fraud, where the defendant's actual sentence involved only 30 days of incarceration
- considering § 39 and the Eighth Amendment and finding that “[f]or purposes of the issues before the Court in this case, we find no relevant difference between the state and federal constitutional standards.”
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Judges: Allen, Peck, Dooley, Barney, Keyser
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