State v. Corliss

Defendant Adam Corliss appeals his first degree murder conviction for the killing of Jennifer Little. He argues that the trial court erred by (1) limiting the scope of certain testimony linking another person to the murder, (2) denying defendant’s request for a jury instruction that it may convict on a lesser-related offense, and (3) failing to follow statutory guidelines for sentencing in murder convictions. We affirm.

On the night of February 4, 1994, Jennifer Little was repeatedly stabbed in the front seat of her car in Springfield, Vermont. She later died in a nearby snowbank. The…