The U.S. Supreme
Court is expected to rule by this summer on a Vermont case about whether criminal defendants could have
their charges dismissed because delays involving their taxpayer-funded lawyers.
The US Supreme Court this week will hear a Vermont prosecutor’s appeal in the case of
a domestic assault suspect whose conviction was thrown out because it took a
court three years to hear his case.
The Bennington
County state’s attorney is asking the Vermont Supreme Court to reconsider a
decision that would free a man serving a 12- to 20-year domestic assault
sentence.