State v. Recor

Following a jury trial in District Court, Unit No. 2, Chittenden Circuit, defendant was convicted of sexual assault on a child, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(3). Defendant appeals his conviction and assigns as error, four points. First, defendant claims that he was denied his right to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and by Chapter I, Article 10 of the Vermont Constitution. Second, he argues that the trial judge committed reversible error by permitting testimony relating to a prior bad act. Third, defendant contends that the State’s…