Legal Opinion

State v. Sims

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided November 8, 1991No. 90-436PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*176Allen C J.

Defendant was charged with committing two lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under the age of sixteen on or about the summer or fall of 1988, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 2602. He was found guilty after trial by jury and appeals. We affirm.

On the basis of a single affidavit of probable cause, the State issued two informations accusing defendant of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child. The two incidents of abuse occurred at the victim’s grandmother’s house. The first took place in the bedroom, after which the victim wrote a letter to her parents reporting being raped and asking…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. McKaskle v. WigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. United States v. Gary HalbertCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
  4. United States v. Eric Parker, Gary Phillips, and Keith MoonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  5. United States v. Gjon N. Nivica, United States of America v. Mark L. Pedley, A/K/A Jack Williams, Mark WellingtonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. State v. KnightSupreme Court of Iowa · 2005
  2. In re CarterSupreme Court of Vermont · 2004
  3. State v. KinneySupreme Court of Vermont · 2000
  4. State v. MuscariSupreme Court of Vermont · 2002
  5. State v. CrannellSupreme Court of Vermont · 2000

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