Title: State v. Nichols

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

State v. Nichols  (97-052); 167 Vt. 566; 702 A.2d 77

[Filed 28-Jul-1997]

                          ENTRY ORDER

                 SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 97-052

                         JUNE TERM, 1997

State of Vermont                }     APPEALED FROM:
                                }
                                }
     v.                         }     District Court of Vermont,
                                }     Unit No. 3, Caledonia Circuit
Edward M. Nichols               }
                                }     DOCKET NO. 745-8-96Cacr

       In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:

       Defendant Edward Nichols appeals his conviction of disorderly conduct
  in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1026.  We affirm.

       First, defendant contends that surplusage in the information permitted
  conviction of a crime not authorized by the Legislature, a claim made for
  the first time on appeal.  A defendant who fails to object to an
  information before trial waives all objections except those that challenge
  the trial court's jurisdiction or allege that the information failed to
  charge an offense.  V.R.Cr.P. 12(b)(2).  Any nonjurisdictional challenges
  to the information will be reviewed only for plain error.  V.R.Cr.P. 52(b). 
  An error is plain only in rare and extraordinary cases where it so affects
  the substantial rights of the defendant that it must be noticed despite
  lack of preservation. State v. Roy, 151 Vt. 17, 23, 557 A.2d 884, 888
  (1989).

       A person may not be convicted of a crime that has not been authorized
  by the Legislature.  See State v. Kreth, 150 Vt. 406, 408,