Legal Opinion

State v. Herring

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided December 3, 2010No. 2009-188PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.

¶ 1. Defendant Lee. Herring appeals his conviction in Windham District Court for aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault on a minor, and lewd or lascivious conduct with a child. He contends the trial court erred by excluding evidence proffered to impeach the complainant’s credibility, by restricting defendant’s cross-examination of another witness, by admitting evidence to impeach defendant, by excluding evidence of bias and by refusing to grant defendant a continuance. We conclude that in excluding defendant’s impeachment evidence the trial court committed reversible error by violating his…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. New York v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. State v. OscarsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 2004
  4. State v. LipkaSupreme Court of Vermont · 2002
  5. State v. BerardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1974

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. MadiganSupreme Court of Vermont · 2015
  2. State v. Glen Haskins, Jr.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2016
  3. State v. MadiganSupreme Court of Vermont · 2015
  4. State v. Venessa Sarkisian-KennedySupreme Court of Vermont · 2020
  5. State v. Daniel L. LarkinSupreme Court of Vermont · 2018

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