Legal Opinion
State v. Demars
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 2, 1954No. 389PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCleary, J.
This is a prosecution for operating an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of V. S. 47, §10,287. Trial was by jury with'fa verdict and judgment of guilty. The case is here on the respondent’s exceptions to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict of not guilty, to the admission of opinion testimony and to the court’s failure to charge that the presumption of innocence is in itself a piece of evidence in the respondent’s favor.
In passing on the denial of the motion for a directed verdict of not guilty the evidence must be viewed in the light most…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Tyrrell v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Vermont · 1937
- Ackerman v. KogutSupreme Court of Vermont · 1951
- Nelson v. BaconSupreme Court of Vermont · 1943
- State v. BoudreauSupreme Court of Vermont · 1940
- State v. PerrasSupreme Court of Vermont · 1952
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. NortonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1976
- Smith v. GroveSupreme Court of Vermont · 1956
- John Conn, Administrator of the Estate of Delbert Richardson v. Kenneth YoungCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- State v. DemagSupreme Court of Vermont · 1954
- State v. RowellSupreme Court of Vermont · 1957