Legal Opinion
State v. Zehner
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided November 2, 1982No. 526-81PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBillings, J.
The defendant was convicted of breaking and entering in the nighttime with the intent to commit larceny. 13 V.S.A. § 1201. The only issue on appeal is whether the defendant’s oral and written confession, without which the State could not prove its charge, was involuntary.
On the evening of December 7, 1980, three chain saws were stolen from a barn in Pownal, Vermont. The next day a state police detective investigating the crime went to the defendant’s residence and questioned the defendant, the defendant’s wife, then eight and a half months pregnant, his brother and two other individuals. All…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Haynes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. BaconSupreme Court of Vermont · 1995
- State v. StanislawSupreme Court of Vermont · 1990
- State v. CaronSupreme Court of Vermont · 1990
- State v. KeithSupreme Court of Vermont · 1993
- State v. BeckleySupreme Court of Vermont · 1991
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