State v. Hemond

¶ 1. Defendant appeals a district court judgment convicting him, after a jury trial, of operating a motor vehicle in a grossly negligent manner with serious injury resulting, in violation of 23 V.S.A. § 1091(b). Defendant presses three arguments on appeal: (1) the trial court’s exclusion of his exculpatory written statement to the police on the day of the incident violated his right to present evidence and the rule of completeness; (2) the prosecutor’s statement during closing arguments that the outcome of the case would have no bearing on complainant’s pending civil case against defendant…