Legal Opinion

State v. Fellows

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided June 28, 2013No. 2011-386PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDooley, J.

¶ 1. Defendant Frank Fellows appeals his conviction for sexual assault and lewd and lascivious conduct with a child — his daughter, S.M. First, he argues that the trial court erred by allowing the State to question his sisters about his relationship with S.M.’s mother when the mother was a minor and to use the evidence of that relationship in its closing argument to show that he acted in conformity with that prior bad act. Second, he contends that the trial court committed reversible error when it admitted testimony from S.M.’s friend relating a conversation that she had with S.M. on the day…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. McCarthySupreme Court of Vermont · 1991
  2. State v. LettieriSupreme Court of Vermont · 1988
  3. State v. MumleySupreme Court of Vermont · 2009
  4. State v. LemaySupreme Court of Vermont · 2006
  5. State v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Vermont · 2011

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. Matthew WebsterSupreme Court of Vermont · 2017
  2. State v. MadiganSupreme Court of Vermont · 2015
  3. State v. MadiganSupreme Court of Vermont · 2015
  4. State v. Richared E. LadueSupreme Court of Vermont · 2017
  5. State v. FelixSupreme Court of Vermont · 2014

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