Case Title: State v. Huseboe

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Docket Number: 

State: vermont

Court: Vermont Supreme Court

Date: 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Document:
ENTRY ORDER

                       SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 92-89

                              MARCH TERM, 1992


 State of Vermont                  }          APPEALED FROM:
                                   }
                                   }
      v.                           }          District Court of Vermont,
                                   }          Unit No. 2, Chittenden Circuit
                                   }
 Rolf Huseboe                      }
                                   }          DOCKET NO. 206-1-92CnCrH


              In the above entitled cause the Clerk will enter:

      Defendant's bail was revoked pursuant to 13 V.S.A. { 7575(5).  On
 January 13, 1992, defendant was arraigned on a charge of simple assault and
 was released on conditions, including a condition that he not contact the
 complaining witness.  On February 10, 1992 he was arraigned on another
 charge of assaulting the complaining witness.  Since this second charge
 arose out of an incident that occurred after the imposition of conditions of
 release in connection with the first charge, defendant was also charged
 with violation of conditions of release.  The district court found probable
 cause for the later charges pursuant to V.R.Cr.P. 5(c).  On February 10,
 1992, the same judge who found probable cause on the second assault charge
 revoked defendant's bail on the first assault charge.  No evidence was taken
 by the court at that bail revocation hearing.

       Defendant argues, and we agree, that his bail was revoked without the
 hearing required by the bail revocation statute.  Bail may be revoked,
 pursuant to 13 V.S.A. { 7575(5), if a judge finds the accused has, "in
 violation of a condition of release, been charged with a . . . crime against
 a person or an offense like the underlying charge, for which, after a
 hearing, probable cause is found."  Upon a finding of probable cause under
 V.R.Cr.P. 5, a defendant may request a hearing to review the finding, but
 the finding may be made solely on affidavits and sworn statements.
 V.R.Cr.P. 5(h).  Compliance with Rule 5 is not sufficient for the hearing
 required for bail revocation under 13 V.S.A. { 7575(5).  See Hohman v.
 Hogan,