Legal Opinion
Berard v. Stoneman
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided March 8, 1977No. Civ. A. No. 76-199PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
HOLDEN, Chief Judge.
The petitioner, Frank J. Berard, Jr., has made application for writ of habeas corpus, under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, to obtain relief from confinement pursuant to a judgment of a state court. On January 19,1973, after a trial by jury in the Windsor County Superior Court, the petitioner was found guilty of first degree murder for the killing of Raymond Lestage. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at the state prison. He appealed the conviction to the Vermont Supreme Court, challenging the trial judge’s admission of evidence of prior homicides allegedly…
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