Skip to main content
INTERNAL PROTOTYPE — NOT LEGAL ADVICE — DO NOT SEND

State v. Hemingway, 196 Vt. 441 (2014)

Citation
State v. Hemingway, 196 Vt. 441 (2014)
Parent Document
State v. Hemingway, 196 Vt. 441 (2014)
Jurisdiction
Vermont (state)
Effective Date
2014-05-09

Other Sections in This Document (105)

Full Text

794 chars
¶ 27.        
The relevant statute states: “When an offender is placed on probation,
he or she shall be given a certificate explicitly setting forth the conditions
upon which he or she is being released.”  28 V.S.A. § 252(c). 
Ascertaining whether a statutory provision is mandatory or directory is a
matter of legislative intent, which is gleaned from the statute’s language and
purpose.  In re Mullestein, 148 Vt. 170, 174, 531 A.2d 890, 892
(1987).  The difference between a mandatory and directory statute is the
consequence for failing to perform the delineated duty.  The difference
rests on whether the failure to perform a statutory duty will invalidate the
governmental action to which the requirement is related.  1A Sutherland
Statutory Construction § 25:3 (7th ed. 2013).