Legal Opinion
State v. Berard
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided April 6, 1976No. 224-74PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarney, C.J.
This is an appeal from the denial of a new trial moved for in accordance with V.R.Cr.P. 33, and based on the ground of newly discovered evidence. The original trial convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree of one Robert Lestage. See State v. Berard, 132 Vt. 138, 315 A.2d 501 (1974). The motion was brought after this Court had affirmed the conviction on appeal.
The evidence relates to one of the weapons used in the murder. It seems that, according to ballistics tests, a certain .22 caliber revolver was used in another homicide, as yet unresolved, sometime between October, 1972, and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- State v. MorrillSupreme Court of Vermont · 1969
- State v. BerardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1974
- State v. DohertySupreme Court of Vermont · 1900
- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1967
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. MecierSupreme Court of Vermont · 1984
- In Re RebideauSupreme Court of Vermont · 1982
- Berard v. StonemanDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1977
- State v. PatrickSupreme Court of Vermont · 1984