Legal Opinion
State v. Percy
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided January 22, 1988No. 83-179PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDooley, J.
The defendant in this case was found guilty of sexual assault, kidnapping, carrying a dangerous weapon while committing a felony and assault and robbery with a dangerous weapon. The convictions followed a lengthy trial by court.
The convictions arose out of a two-day incident in which defendant, a garage station attendant, forced a female customer at gunpoint to drive him to Connecticut. Along the way, he forced her to have sexual intercourse with him on two occasions — once in Vermont — and robbed her of $130 in cash. Under the State’s theory of the case, defendant was fleeing from another…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by39 opinions
- State v. RoySupreme Court of Vermont · 1989
- State v. StreichSupreme Court of Vermont · 1995
- State v. HuntSupreme Court of Vermont · 1988
- State v. SimoneauSupreme Court of Vermont · 2003
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Vermont · 1996
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