State v. Tenney

Defendant was convicted after trial by jury of attempting to possess a deer taken in closed season in violation of 10 V.S.A. § 4781. The sole issue raised on appeal is whether there was sufficient evidence before the jury to support the conviction. We affirm.

The pertinent facts, taken in a light most favorable to the State while excluding modifying evidence, State v. Olds, 141 Vt. 21, 26, 443 A.2d 443, 445 (1982), are as follows. At approximately 8:00 p.m. on November 29,1981, almost three and one-quarter hours after the close of deer season, a farmer in Grafton, Vermont, heard a gunshot from…