State v. Kerwin

The defendant, Mansur Kerwin, was found guilty by jury verdict on January 11, 1974, in the Vermont District Court, Windsor Circuit, Unit No. 6, on a four count criminal information charging him with recklessly engaging in conduct that placed other persons in danger of death and serious bodily injury in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1025. From the verdict and subsequent judgment of the lower court the defendant has taken his appeal here.

On September 20, 1972, the four complainants, Roland J. Hamel, Franklin E. Crowe, Donald Cutter, Jr., and Edgar La-Belle were coon hunting, with a dog, at or near…