Legal Opinion
State v. Oakes
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 18, 1971No. 8-68PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarney, J.
The jury found the respondent’s shooting of his wife to be murder in the first degree. Review, absent a written waiver, follows such a conviction as a matter of course. 12 V.S.A. § 2383. The respondent has, in his brief, cataloged errors beginning with pre-trial proceedings and going on through the trial to issues raised by motions to set aside or reduce the degree of the verdict. The state has replied and the matter is for disposition.
The testimony, concerning the events at the Oakes home on the evening of May 26, 1967, and subsequently, came in without contradiction. There was a phone call…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by36 opinions
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