Title: State v. Crannell

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

State v. Crannell (99-407); 171 Vt. 623; 768 A.2d 1260 

[Filed 06-Dec-2000]

                                 ENTRY ORDER

                      SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 1999-407

                             OCTOBER TERM, 2000

State of Vermont	               }	APPEALED FROM:
                                       }
                                       }
     v.	                               }	District Court of Vermont,
                                       }	Unit No. 2, Rutland Circuit
Charles A. Crannell	               }
                                       }	DOCKET NO. 1327-10-92 Rdcr

                                                Trial Judge: Francis B. 
                                                             McCaffrey

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

       Appellant Charles Crannell appeals a decision of the Rutland District
  Court dismissing a  motion for the recovery of property seized by a lawful
  warrant, or in the alternative, for damages for  the value of the property. 
  The court concluded that the State did not have possession of the property 
  and that the court had no jurisdiction to consider damages.  Appellant
  claims that the motion was  properly before the district court and that it
  failed to conduct adequate hearings as to the whereabouts  of his property. 
  We affirm in part and reverse in part.

       Appellant was convicted of murder in October 1995 and sentenced to
  life imprisonment with  no possibility of parole in January 1997.  We
  affirmed his conviction in January 2000.  State v.  Crannell, __ Vt. __,