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· 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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