STATE v. Z.P.

No. 22-AP-027.

287 A.3d 1017 (2022)

2022 VT 49

STATE of Vermont v. Z.P. & A.P. (Vermont Journalism Trust, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Vermont.

October 14, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald A. Shems , Alexandra J. Spring (Law Clerk), and K. Heather Devine of Tarrant, Gillies & Shems, LLP, Montpelier, for Appellant.

Robert J. Kaplan of Kaplan and Kaplan, Burlington, for Appellees.

Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , Attorney General, and Eleanor L.P. Spottswood , Solicitor General, Montpelier, for Appellee State.

PRESENT: Reiber, C.J., Eaton, Carroll, Cohen and Waples, JJ.


¶ 1. The issue in this appeal is whether the Vermont Journalism Trust (VJT) may access sealed records from a criminal division proceeding. The trial court denied VJT's request for access to records that were previously sealed on the ground that access was not permitted by statute and the court lacked discretion to override the statutory...

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