State v. Shaw

In State v. Shaw, 149 Vt. 275, 284, 542 A.2d 1106, 1111 (1987), we reversed and remanded defendant’s judgments of conviction for sexual assault and felony trespass because the State failed to provide the defense with the victim’s statements made in her diary about the alleged offenses. In response to defendant’s discovery request for the diary, the State had filed a motion for a protective order urging the court to prevent disclosure so as to protect the victim’s privacy, but offering to produce the diary for an in camera inspection by the court. The court granted the State’s motion, but did…