Legal Opinion
State v. Spaulding
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided August 8, 2014No. 2013-208PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrawford, J.
¶ 1. Defendant Allen Spaulding appeals from his conviction on domestic assault charges following a jury trial. The issues on appeal are the admission of the complainant’s written statement as past recollection recorded and claims of insufficiency of the evidence and improper closing argument. We reverse on the hearsay issue.
¶ 2. The following facts are drawn from testimony of witnesses and exhibits introduced at trial. On July 30, 2012, defendant and the complainant spent the day at a lake. They had been in a live-in romantic relationship for the previous year and a half, although the…
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