State v. Verrinder

Defendant William Verrinder appeals his conviction for second-degree murder and sentence to a term of twenty years to life. We affirm.

At around 6:30 in the evening of July 29,1991, defendant shot and killed Kenneth Bullock. Defendant is a Vietnam veteran who has experienced the symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD). He also suffers from severely impaired heart function that limits his ability to engage in activities taxing to his cardiovascular system. In the fall of 1990, while working as a bartender at the Middlebury chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), defendant…