Case Title: State v. Rivers

Citation: 178 Vt. 180, 2005 VT 65, 878 A.2d 1070

Docket Number: 2004-076

State: vermont

Court: Vermont Supreme Court

Date: 2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

Document:
State v. Rivers (2004-076); 178 Vt. 180; 878 A.2d 1070

2005 VT 65

[Filed 10-Jun-2005]

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                                 2005 VT 65

                                No. 2004-076

  State of Vermont	                         Supreme Court

                                                 On Appeal from
       v.	                                 District Court of Vermont,
                                                 Unit No. 3, Franklin Circuit

                                                 December Term, 2004
  Pete John Rivers

  Michael S. Kupersmith, J.

  Diane C. Wheeler and Edward J. O'Shaughnessy , Franklin County Deputy
  State's Attorneys,   St. Albans, for Plaintiff-Appellee. 

  Matthew F. Valerio, Defender General, Anna Saxman, Deputy Defender General
  and Vince Pearson, Law Clerk, Montpelier, for Defendant-Appellant.

  PRESENT:  Dooley, Johnson, Skoglund and Reiber,  JJ., and 
            Allen, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned

        
       ¶  1.  JOHNSON, J.   Defendant, Pete Rivers, appeals the Franklin
  District Court's order imposing his underlying prison sentence after
  concluding that he violated a probation condition that prohibited defendant
  from having "contact" with children under the age of sixteen without prior
  written approval from his probation officer.  In reliance on State v.
  Danaher, 174 Vt. 591,