State v. Lupien

Defendant appeals his conviction after trial by jury of aggravated assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon, in violation of 13 V.S.A. §§ 1024(a) (2) and 1028. He claims that the trial court erred when it denied his motions for judgment of acquittal, V.R.Cr.P. 29, and when it admitted into evidence, over his objection, a statement from an unidentified declarant. We affirm.

The facts are as follows. On July 10, 1981, defendant and a group of friends drove to the Cole’s Pond Casino, a dance hall located in Walden, Vermont, for an evening of dancing and music. Toward the end of the…