SCOV Law

By Andy Delaney I've been traveling since Thursday, November 7th, which is one reason why we're doing a little catch-up today. There are other reasons too, but "traveling" sounds legitimate to me. SCOV issued three opinions on the 8th and one opinion on the 15th.   The first opinion from the 8th is about law enforcement and professional conduct. The Vermont Criminal Justice Council concluded that the Franklin County Sheriff engaged in gross professional misconduct and permanently revoked his law-enforcement officer certification based on an incident where he kicked someone in police custody for no legitimate reason. He doesn't challenge the findings, but makes a conflict-of-interest argument based primarily on the prosecuting attorney also being general counsel for the Council. SCOV is not persuaded. First, SCOV notes that the Code of Judicial Conduct—which respondent argues is applicable here—doesn't generally apply to administrative proceedings. SCOV, while