Legal Opinion
State v. Wilkins
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided December 29, 1983No. 82-152PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
Defendant Mark Wilkins appeals his conviction for breaking and entering in the nighttime in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1201. We agree with the defendant’s contention that the trial court committed plain error by incorrectly instructing the jury on the burden of proving entrapment. We reverse his conviction on that point and therefore do not address the argument that the trial court’s instruction regarding breaking and entering was erroneous.
The defendant does not contest the fact that he stole a pair of surgical pin cutters from a storage room of the Fanny Allen Hospital in Colchester. He…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Jack Marrin Williamson and Morris Lee Lowrey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by17 opinions
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