State v. Lang

Defendant Travis Lang appeals his conviction for first-degree murder, claiming that his taped, *573pre-information statements to an informant were admitted at trial in violation of the Sixth Amendment, the Vermont public defender statutes, and Disciplinary Rule 7-104(A)(l) of the Code of Professional Responsibility. Without these statements, defendant argues, the evidence was insufficient to convict him. We hold that the trial court properly admitted the taped statements, and affirm.

Although the murder occurred in 1988, information connecting defendant to the incident surfaced much later. In…