Attorneys reach back 100 years to define ‘attempt’ in Sawyer case

Jack Sawyer is greeted by defense attorney Kelly Green as he appears in Vermont Superior Court in Rutland on Tuesday, February 27, 2018. (Pool photo by Glenn Russell/The Burlington Free Press)
RUTLAND – A more than century-old ruling involving a prisoner’s bid to bust out of prison could prove pivotal in deciding a modern-day case of a Vermont teen accused in a foiled school shooting.That 1906 Vermont Supreme Court decision, State v. Hurley, is referenced in recent motions filed by b