Legal Opinion
State v. Ryan
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 31, 1977No. 124-76PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
On April 21, 1976, appellant Gerald Max Ryan was convicted of murder in the first degree. This was the second trial of the case, the first having resulted in a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Appellant was charged with being an “accessory before the fact by counseling, hiring or otherwise procuring an offense to be committed.” 13 V.S.A. § 4. The alleged “offense” was the killing of one Lawrence Henry Juaire, Jr., on October 3, 1974, by Bonnie Lee King, who has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with the Juaire killing.
Appellant has briefed six points…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State v. DonaluzziSupreme Court of Vermont · 1920
- Pond v. CarterSupreme Court of Vermont · 1967
- State v. RebideauSupreme Court of Vermont · 1974
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Bell v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1920
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. CatsamSupreme Court of Vermont · 1987
- State v. ParkerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1988
- State v. MoranSupreme Court of Vermont · 1982
- State v. DurenleauSupreme Court of Vermont · 1994
- State v. GoodrichSupreme Court of Vermont · 1989
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