State v. Delisle

648 A.2d 632 (1994)

STATE of Vermont

v.

Wayne E. DELISLE.

No. 92-039.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 1, 1994.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen., and Susan R. Harritt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montpelier, for plaintiff-appellee.

Peter F. Langrock and Mitchell L. Pearl of Langrock Sperry & Wool, Middlebury, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ.

MORSE, Justice.

Defendant appeals a jury conviction of second-degree murder. The principal issue is how the jury should be instructed when a lesser-included offense supported by the evidence is barred by the statute of…