State v. McGee

Defendant Ronald McGee appeals his first-degree murder conviction for killing William Bessette while perpetrating an attempted robbery, 13 V.S.A. § 2301. * He argues for reversal based on several asserted errors in the trial court’s instructions to the jury and the court’s denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal. We affirm.

In the early morning hours of June 4, 1991, William Bessette was shot and killed outside the home of Ann Barbour in Essex Junction, Vermont. Barbour operated a “crack house,” which defendant and his brother, Leroy, visited on occasion. Barbour had informed defendant…