Supreme Court upholds probation violation for possessing gun

Justice Beth Robinson, at right, issued a dissenting opinion in the case, arguing the probation violation warranted further review. File pool photo by April McCullum/Burlington Free Press
A Bennington man’s violation of probation conviction for possession of a firearm was upheld following an appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court, but it was not a unanimous decision.
The court majority decided that Judge William Cohen ruled correctly in Bennington Superior Court that John Stern Jr., 32, had v