Legal Opinion
State v. Carpenter
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided August 10, 1990No. 89-221PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, J.
Defendant appeals from a conviction for aggravated assault on grounds that the State did not prove the element of a substantial risk of death and that the conviction was inconsistent with his acquittal on charges of sexual' assault. We affirm.
Defendant was charged with sexually assaulting his 15-year-old adopted stepdaughter (13 V.S.A. § 3252(3)) and with causing her serious bodily harm (13 V.S.A. § 1024(a)(1)). The State based both charges on related events in February of 1988, when defendant picked the daughter up at his sister’s house after school. After stopping to buy groceries and wine…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- United States v. Robert Martinez, A/K/A "Robert Berk"Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- State v. BlakeneySupreme Court of Vermont · 1979
- State v. ChenetteSupreme Court of Vermont · 1989
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