Vermont v. Caron
Annotate this CaseDefendant Robert Caron, Sr. appealed his conviction by jury of sexual assault–no consent. In June 2018, complainant, then thirty-four years old, reported to the Bennington Police Department that she had been sexually assaulted by defendant when she was a child. Complainant had lived with defendant and his wife - a biological relative of complainant’s - since her birth in November 1983. She had not reported any of the alleged sexual assaults involving the defendant to the police before June 2018. On appeal, defendant argued the statute of limitations governing the sexual-assault charge against him had expired prior to the commencement of the prosecution, and thus the charge should have been dismissed. After review, the Vermont Supreme Court agreed with defendant that his prosecution was barred by the statute of limitations and therefore vacated his conviction and sentence.
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