State v. Bryan L. Perrault

¶ 1. On appeal-after a jury convicted defendant of one count of possessing marijuana and two counts of possessing a depressant or stimulant-defendant argues that he is entitled to a new trial because he discovered, post-trial, that one of the jurors had been previously convicted of a federal felony. He also claims that the evidence was insufficient to establish that he knowingly possessed a depressant or stimulant in violation of 18 V.S.A. § 4234(a)(1). We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it denied defendant's motion for a new trial and that the evidence was…