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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252 (2026)

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Subchapter 001 : CRIMES; TRIAL

(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 3252)
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Cited in 237 cases (23 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case: United States v. Daye, 571 F.3d 225 (2d Cir. 2009).
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United States v. Daye, 571 F.3d 225 (2d Cir. 2009). · cites it 12× “More specifically, he contends that the District Court erred in concluding that his prior convictions for sexually assaulting children in violation of Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252 (3) (1986) (since amended) and for escape were convictions for “violent felon[ies]” as defined in…”
State v. Morris D. Nelson, 2020 VT 94 (Vt. 2020). · cites it 14× “In that case, based on a single incident in which the defendant invited the complainant into his apartment under false pretenses and then forced her to engage in a sexual act without her consent, the State charged defendant with engaging in a “sexual act” with another person…”
State v. Breed, 2015 VT 43 (Vt. 2015). · cites it 10× “§ 2602, and that defendant intentionally engaged in repeated, compelled sexual acts with that child, in violation of 13 V.S.A. §§ 3252, 3253(a)(9)). ¶ 22. In this respect, the case is similar to Neisner , where, at “first blush,” it appeared that each of the two crimes…”
United States v. Jorge Rodriguez, 711 F.3d 541 (5th Cir. 2013). · cites it 2× “011 (“sexual assault”); VT. STAT. ANN. tit. 13, § 3252 (“sexual assault”); W.”
United States v. Barker, 723 F.3d 315 (2d Cir. 2013). · cites it 5× “The district court applied a modified categorical approach in determining that Barker’s prior *318 state-court conviction under Vermont’s former statutory rape law, Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252 (a)(3) (1990), triggered the mandatory minimum ten-year sentence found in 18 U.”
State v. Jay Orost, 179 A.3d 763 (Vt. 2017). · cites it 4× “The charges included seven offenses, three of which were punishable by life imprisonment: two counts of sexual assault of a victim under the age of eighteen entrusted to defendant's care in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(d), and one count of aggravated sexual assault in violation…”
In re G.T., 758 A.2d 301 (Vt. 2000). · cites it 7× “Instead, our responsibility is to construe 13 VS.A. § 3252 in light of the factual circumstances that would be covered by alternative interpretations.”
United States v. Faustino Gomez, 757 F.3d 885 (9th Cir. 2014). · cites it 3× “Codified Laws § 22-22-1 (5); Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252 (c); Wash.”
State v. Hazelton, 2006 VT 121 (Vt. 2006). · cites it 10× “, but charged two separate counts under 13 V.S.A. § 3252, which provides, in pertinent part: (a) A person who engages in a sexual act with another person and (1) Compels the other person to participate in a sexual act: (A) Without the consent of the other person; or (B) By…”
United States v. Vann, 660 F.3d 771 (4th Cir. 2011). · cites it 2× “[4] The concurrence considers it dispositive that "North Carolina precedent demonstrates that the essential elements of [§ 14-202.”
State v. Deyo, 2006 VT 120 (Vt. 2006). · cites it 10× “The first is 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a), the basic sexual assault statute.”
State v. Barron, 2011 VT 2 (Vt. 2011). · cites it 5× “Defendant argues that because, under the current version of 13 V.S.A. § 3252, consensual sex between an eighteen-year-old and a fifteen-year-old is not a crime, it was error for the trial court to rely upon this conviction to sentence him as a habitual offender.”
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— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(1) — 9 cases
State v. Shattuck, 450 A.2d 1122 (Vt. 1982).
State v. Bourn, 421 A.2d 1281 (Vt. 1980).
State v. Patnaude, 438 A.2d 402 (Vt. 1981).
State v. Nash, 479 A.2d 757 (Vt. 1984).
State v. Onorato, 453 A.2d 393 (Vt. 1982).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(1)(A) — 8 cases
State v. Bubar, 505 A.2d 1197 (Vt. 1985).
State v. Gorton, 548 A.2d 419 (Vt. 1988).
State v. St. Francis, 563 A.2d 249 (Vt. 1989).
State v. Bushway, 505 A.2d 660 (Vt. 1985).
State v. Bevins, 439 A.2d 271 (Vt. 1981).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(1)(C) — 3 cases
State v. Derouchie, 568 A.2d 416 (Vt. 1989).
State v. Gabert, 564 A.2d 1356 (Vt. 1989).
State v. Shaw, 542 A.2d 1106 (Vt. 1987).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(3) — 25 cases
State v. Thompson, 556 A.2d 95 (Vt. 1989).
State v. Gallagher, 554 A.2d 221 (Vt. 1988).
State v. Ross, 568 A.2d 335 (Vt. 1989).
State v. Catsam, 534 A.2d 184 (Vt. 1987).
State v. Brown, 515 A.2d 1059 (Vt. 1986).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(a) — 17 cases
In re Carter, 2004 VT 21 (Vt. 2004).
State v. Brochu, 2008 VT 21 (Vt. 2008).
State v. Snow, 2013 VT 19 (Vt. 2013).
State v. Hazelton, 2006 VT 121 (Vt. 2006). “, but charged two separate counts under 13 V.S.A. § 3252, which provides, in pertinent part: (a) A person who engages in a sexual act with another person and (1) Compels the other person to participate in a sexual act: (A) Without the consent of the other person; or (B) By…”
State v. Tester, 2009 VT 3 (Vt. 2009).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(a)(1) — 43 cases
State v. Breed, 2015 VT 43 (Vt. 2015). “§ 2602, and that defendant intentionally engaged in repeated, compelled sexual acts with that child, in violation of 13 V.S.A. §§ 3252, 3253(a)(9)). ¶ 22. In this respect, the case is similar to Neisner , where, at “first blush,” it appeared that each of the two crimes…”
State v. Austin, 685 A.2d 1076 (Vt. 1996).
State v. Wool, 648 A.2d 655 (Vt. 1994).
State v. Malik A. Pratt, 2017 VT 9 (Vt. 2017).
State v. Morris D. Nelson, 2020 VT 94 (Vt. 2020). “In that case, based on a single incident in which the defendant invited the complainant into his apartment under false pretenses and then forced her to engage in a sexual act without her consent, the State charged defendant with engaging in a “sexual act” with another person…”
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(a)(1)(A) — 17 cases
State v. Cate, 683 A.2d 1010 (Vt. 1996).
State v. Desautels, 2006 VT 84 (Vt. 2006).
State v. Streich, 658 A.2d 38 (Vt. 1995).
State v. Amidon, 2008 VT 122 (Vt. 2008).
State v. Winter, 648 A.2d 624 (Vt. 1994).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(a)(1)(B) — 1 case
State v. Goodnow, 649 A.2d 752 (Vt. 1994).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(a)(1)(C) — 2 cases
State v. Bruyette, 604 A.2d 1270 (Vt. 1992).
State v. Cardinal, 584 A.2d 1152 (Vt. 1990).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(a)(2) — 1 case
In re Carter, 2004 VT 21 (Vt. 2004).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(a)(3) — 45 cases
In re G.T., 758 A.2d 301 (Vt. 2000). “Instead, our responsibility is to construe 13 VS.A. § 3252 in light of the factual circumstances that would be covered by alternative interpretations.”
State v. Lipka, 817 A.2d 27 (Vt. 2002).
State v. Searles, 621 A.2d 1281 (Vt. 1993).
State v. Tester, 2009 VT 3 (Vt. 2009).
N. Sec. Ins. v. Perron, 777 A.2d 151 (Vt. 2001).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(a)(4) — 6 cases
State v. Goodhue, 2003 VT 85 (Vt. 2003).
State v. James Rivera-Martinez, 2021 VT 96 (Vt. 2021).
State v. Hazelton, 2006 VT 121 (Vt. 2006). “, but charged two separate counts under 13 V.S.A. § 3252, which provides, in pertinent part: (a) A person who engages in a sexual act with another person and (1) Compels the other person to participate in a sexual act: (A) Without the consent of the other person; or (B) By…”
State v. Deyo, 2006 VT 120 (Vt. 2006). “The first is 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a), the basic sexual assault statute.”
State v. Deyo, 2006 VT 120 (Vt. 2006).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(a)(8) — 1 case
kolts v. state (Vt. Super. Ct. 2024).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(b) — 4 cases
State v. Oscarson, 898 A.2d 123 (Vt. 2006).
State v. Lemay, 2006 VT 76 (Vt. 2006).
State v. Deyo, 2006 VT 120 (Vt. 2006). “The first is 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a), the basic sexual assault statute.”
State v. Deyo, 2006 VT 120 (Vt. 2006).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(b)(1) — 4 cases
State v. Geraw, 795 A.2d 1219 (Vt. 2002).
State v. Deyo, 2006 VT 120 (Vt. 2006). “The first is 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a), the basic sexual assault statute.”
State v. Church, 708 A.2d 1341 (Vt. 1998).
State v. Deyo, 2006 VT 120 (Vt. 2006).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(b)(2) — 4 cases
State v. Yanez, 716 A.2d 759 (R.I. 1998).
State v. Babson, 2006 VT 96 (Vt. 2006).
Bedell v. State of Vermont (Vt. Super. Ct. 2020).
Bedell v. State of Vermont (Vt. Super. Ct. 2021).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(c) — 14 cases
State v. Thomas Gauthier, 2016 VT 37 (Vt. 2016).
State v. Brink, 2008 VT 33 (Vt. 2008).
State v. Shawn Bellanger, 183 A.3d 550 (Vt. 2018).
Lenoci v. Leonard, 2011 VT 47 (Vt. 2011).
State v. Sanel Masic, 2021 VT 56 (Vt. 2021).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(c)(1) — 2 cases
State v. Shawn Bellanger, 183 A.3d 550 (Vt. 2018).
bedell v. state (Vt. Super. Ct. 2023).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(c)(2) — 5 cases
State v. Hazelton, 2006 VT 121 (Vt. 2006). “, but charged two separate counts under 13 V.S.A. § 3252, which provides, in pertinent part: (a) A person who engages in a sexual act with another person and (1) Compels the other person to participate in a sexual act: (A) Without the consent of the other person; or (B) By…”
State v. Shawn Bellanger, 183 A.3d 550 (Vt. 2018).
State v. Deyo, 2006 VT 120 (Vt. 2006). “The first is 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a), the basic sexual assault statute.”
State v. Deyo, 2006 VT 120 (Vt. 2006).
State v. Hazelton, 2006 VT 121 (Vt. 2006).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(d) — 9 cases
State v. Morris D. Nelson, 2020 VT 94 (Vt. 2020). “In that case, based on a single incident in which the defendant invited the complainant into his apartment under false pretenses and then forced her to engage in a sexual act without her consent, the State charged defendant with engaging in a “sexual act” with another person…”
State v. Jay Orost, 179 A.3d 763 (Vt. 2017). “The charges included seven offenses, three of which were punishable by life imprisonment: two counts of sexual assault of a victim under the age of eighteen entrusted to defendant's care in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(d), and one count of aggravated sexual assault in violation…”
Simuro v. Shedd, 176 F. Supp. 3d 358 (D. Vt. 2016).
State v. Spooner, 2010 VT 75 (Vt. 2010).
State v. Larry L. Labrecque, 2023 VT 36 (Vt. 2023).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(e) — 1 case
State v. Morris D. Nelson, 2020 VT 94 (Vt. 2020). “In that case, based on a single incident in which the defendant invited the complainant into his apartment under false pretenses and then forced her to engage in a sexual act without her consent, the State charged defendant with engaging in a “sexual act” with another person…”
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(e)(1) — 2 cases
State v. Jay Orost, 179 A.3d 763 (Vt. 2017). “The charges included seven offenses, three of which were punishable by life imprisonment: two counts of sexual assault of a victim under the age of eighteen entrusted to defendant's care in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(d), and one count of aggravated sexual assault in violation…”
State v. Bushey, 2009 VT 12 (Vt. 2009).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(e)(2) — 1 case
State v. Jeremy Lambert, 2021 VT 23 (Vt. 2021).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(f)(1) — 4 cases
State v. Rooney, 2011 VT 14 (Vt. 2011).
State v. Morris, 2008 VT 126 (Vt. 2008).
State v. Christopher Monatukwa, 2015 VT 32 (Vt. 2014).
State v. Rooney (Vt. 2011).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(f)(2) — 4 cases
State v. Hazelton, 2006 VT 121 (Vt. 2006). “, but charged two separate counts under 13 V.S.A. § 3252, which provides, in pertinent part: (a) A person who engages in a sexual act with another person and (1) Compels the other person to participate in a sexual act: (A) Without the consent of the other person; or (B) By…”
State v. Deyo, 2006 VT 120 (Vt. 2006). “The first is 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a), the basic sexual assault statute.”
State v. Deyo, 2006 VT 120 (Vt. 2006).
State v. Hazelton, 2006 VT 121 (Vt. 2006).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(f)(l) — 1 case
State v. Bertrand, 2008 VT 127 (Vt. 2008).
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 3252(l)(a) — 1 case
State v. Brown, 571 A.2d 643 (Vt. 1989).
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