Legal Opinion
State v. Girouard
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided March 14, 1977No. 135-76PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDaley, J.
In the early morning hours of June 14, 1975, in an altercation occurring on King Street in the City of Burlington, Richard Peers was shot to death. The defendant was indicted by the grand jury for murder in the first degree under 13 V.S.A. § 2301, and was found guilty of this offense by a jury in the Addison Superior Court.
Four issues are presented here on appeal. In the first issue, the defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his pretrial motion to suppress evidence which he claims was obtained by a constitutionally impermissible search. Secondly, he asserts that the court…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1992
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