Legal Opinion
State v. Curtis
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided December 20, 1991No. 89-621PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
Defendant shot a deer decoy and was convicted of attempting to take a wild deer out of season under 10 V.S.A. § 4745. His principal argument on appeal is that the defense of legal impossibility precludes a conviction under this statute and under Vermont’s attempt statute, 13 V.S.A. § 9. He also contends that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct on the issue of entrapment and that he should be acquitted because the use of a deer decoy violated certain Fish and Wildlife Department guidelines. We affirm.
At approximately nine o’clock on the night of November 18, 1988, two state game…
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