State v. Setien

Defendant Charles Setien appeals his conviction for larceny from the person, 13 V.S.A. § 2503, attempted assault and robbery, 13 V.S.A. §§ 9, 608, and as a habitual offender, 13 V.S.A. § 11, claiming that (1) he was denied his right to testify because the trial court ruled in limine that the State could impeach defendant with evidence of his past criminal convictions; (2) he was convicted of two crimes but committed only one; (3) the habitual offender conviction was improperly based on his change of plea in two eases for which no transcripts were available; and (4) the jury’s determination…