STATE v. BURNS

No. 88-179.

564 A.2d 593 (1989)

STATE of Vermont v. William D. BURNS.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

June 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelley A. Hill, Windsor County State's Atty. and Joanne Baltz, Deputy State's Atty., White River Junction, for plaintiff-appellee.

Walter M. Morris, Jr., Defender General, and Henry Hinton, Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., PECK and DOOLEY, JJ., and BARNEY, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


ALLEN, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals from the denial of his motion to dismiss an information charging him with the crime of escape in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1501(b)(2)1 on grounds that prosecution for the crime was barred by the applicable three-year statute of limitations. 13 V.S.A. § 4501(d).2 The charge had been brought against defendant more than three years after the date of the alleged...

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