Legal Opinion
State v. Briggs
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided September 22, 1989No. 87-193PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, J.
Defendant appeals a jury conviction of burglary. We affirm.
On October 20, 1985, David Learned returned from a brief out-of-town trip to discover that his home in Montpelier had been burglarized. Missing from the house were a number of firearms, a car, and a safe containing money and jewelry. Investigators discovered a broken window in a second-story bedroom, with a doghouse dragged to a position immediately underneath it. They also found large-sized footprints in the driveway and at the rear of the house.
The victim suspected the involvement of Eleanor Casey, a former girl friend who had lived…
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