State v. Lakin

The defendant was tried by jury in the District Court of Vermont, Unit No. 4, Caledonia Circuit, on November 30, 1971, and December 1, 1971, on a charge of attempted escape from the St. Johnsbury Regional Correctional Center. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and judgment was entered on the verdict. The appeal of the defendant to this Court is based upon alleged improper exclusions by the trial court of evidence offered by the defendant, as well as to certain exceptions to the instructions given by the lower court to the jury.

The factual situation presented here is, to say the least,…