Legal Opinion
State v. Kelley
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 17, 1995No. 93-612PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, J.
Defendant appeals his conviction of first-degree murder claiming that the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the jury on a lesser-related offense and by admitting evidence of his conduct on the day of the murder. He also asks us to vacate his sentence of life without parole. We affirm.
At approximately 5:00 p.m. on August 13,1992, Jeffrey Wyman was shot to death while he sat in his parked truck in Chester, Vermont. Witnesses who lived near the murder scene said they had seen a red Pontiac Fiero in the area at the time of the shooting. Jason Shuffleburg owned a red Pontiac Fiero in which…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- State v. ParkerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1988
- Bill Houston Carter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Commonwealth v. MurphySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- State v. NealeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1985
- State v. SearlesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1993
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3Cited by24 opinions
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