State v. Unwin

After a jury trial defendant Unwin was convicted of aggravated assault in the January, 1979, stabbing of one Steven Renehan. Renehan was wounded in the last of three early morning street brawls between two groups of men: defendant and his two companions, and Renehan and his two friends. The defendant’s theory of the case had been that Renehan was stabbed by someone other than the defendant, and that Renehan did not observe who had dealt the blow. This Court affirmed his conviction. St ate v. Unwin, 189 Vt. 186, 424 A.2d 251 (1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 1033 (1981).

On February 13, 1981,…