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Common Legal Questions in Vermont
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Case Law Cited in Vermont
1 court decision cited across these pages. These are provided as legal background, not as advice about any particular case.
State v. Lussier, 171 Vt. 19, 757 A.2d 1017 (2000)
A defendant in a civil license-suspension proceeding may challenge the reasonableness of the underlying traffic stop under 23 V.S.A. § 1205(h)(1), which permits the court to consider whether the officer had reasonable grounds to believe the defendant was driving while intoxicated; the exclusionary rule's bar on unlawfully obtained evidence extends to civil suspension proceedings under Chapter I, Article 11 of the Vermont Constitution.
Cited on: Vermont DUI After a Crash and a Refused Breath Test