Title: State v. Becker

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

State v. Becker  (95-061); 164 Vt 606; 669 A.2d 548

[Filed 20-Sep-1995]


                               ENTRY ORDER

                      SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 95-061

                            SEPTEMBER TERM, 1995


State of Vermont                     }     APPEALED FROM:
                                     }
                                     }
     v.                              }     District Court of Vermont,
                                     }     Unit No. 1, Windsor Circuit
Harold F. Becker                     }
                                     }     DOCKET NO. 1105-11-94Wrcr


       In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:

       Defendant appeals, claiming that a criminal prosecution for driving
  under the influence following an administrative license suspension arising
  from the same incident constitutes double jeopardy and is prohibited by the
  Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, applicable to Vermont
  under the Fourteenth Amendment.  We affirm.

       We addressed this exact issue in State v. Strong, 158 Vt. 56, 605 A.2d 510 (1992). Based on the test set forth by the United States Supreme Court
  in United States v. Halper,