Legal Opinion
State v. Bristol
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided July 18, 1983No. 459-81PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, J.
On November 20, 1980, an elderly brother and sister were shot and killed at their farm in Danville, Vermont. Defendant, who on the date of the offense was seventeen and one-half years old, was subsequently convicted of second-degree murder of the sister, Marguerite Vance, and of felony murder of her brother, Levi Vance. 13 V.S.A. § 2301. Defendant was sentenced to a term of twenty-five years to life imprisonment for each offense, sentences to be served concurrently.
On appeal, guaranteed by V.R.A.P. 3(b) in criminal cases resulting in sentences of death or life imprisonment, defendant raises…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Alfred Joseph SamangoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- State v. LaphamSupreme Court of Vermont · 1977
- State v. UnwinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1980
- State v. RoySupreme Court of Vermont · 1981
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. BaconSupreme Court of Vermont · 1995
- State v. RecorSupreme Court of Vermont · 1988
- State v. BristolSupreme Court of Vermont · 1992
- State v. DeanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1987
- State v. VenmanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1989
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