Case Name: In re Herbert E. Ovitt
Court: Vermont Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Decision Date: 1967-04-04
Citations: 126 Vt. 298
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re Herbert E. Ovitt
Judges: Present: Holden, C.J., Shangraw, Barney, Smith and Keyser, JJ.
Reporter: Vermont Reports
Volume: 126
Pages: 298–299

Head Matter:
In re Herbert E. Ovitt
[ 229 A.2d 243 ]
February Term, 1967
Present: Holden, C.J., Shangraw, Barney, Smith and Keyser, JJ.
Opinion Filed April 4, 1967
Herbert E. Ovitt, pro se.
Chester S. Ketcham, Special Counsel for Attorney General, for the State. 0

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
While the appeal in State of Vermont v. Herbert E. Ovitt, No. 491, was pending, the respondent appellant presented a motion to vacate his sentence. The motion was brought under the provisions of 13 V.S.A. §7131 (1966, No. 41 §la). It attacks the validity of the information, claiming the Deputy Attorney General was without lawful authority to institute the prosecution. This point is considered in the appeal from his conviction.
The Essex County Court denied the motion because of the pending appeal, ruling that all of the issues presented were avail able on direct review by this Court. The statute, upon which the petitioner acted, cannot do service as an appeal. The order dismissing the petition is well founded. In re Rickert, 124 Vt. 232, 235, 203 A.2d 602.
Order affirmed.