Vermont High Court Remands For Sentencing Hearing To Allow Expert Mitigation Testimony

(April 18, 2017, 10:04 AM EDT) -- MONTPELIER, Vt. — While a man’s convictions for drunken driving resulting in death were upheld, the Vermont Supreme Court on April 14 remanded the matter for resentencing because the trial court abused its discretion by not continuing a sentencing hearing to allow expert mitigation testimony to be presented (State of Vermont v. Christopher Sullivan, No. 2015-292, Vt. Sup., 2017 Vt. LEXIS 27)....

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