State v. Martin

¶ 1. Defendant was charged, convicted, and sentenced on two counts of boating while intoxicated, 28 V.S.A. § 3323, death resulting (BWI/Fatal), id. § 3317(f), after the boat he was operating on July 4, 2002 capsized, resulting in the deaths of two children. On appeal from his conviction and sentence, defendant claims the trial court erred by: (1) finding jurisdiction in Vermont beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) denying defendant adequate voir dire during jury selection; (3) excluding defendant’s evidence of the accident’s reenactment; (4) excluding evidence that the boat’s manufacturer modified…