Supreme Court of Vermont· 5/14/1999
State v. Bacon
Citations
- 733 A.2d 50
- 169 Vt. 268
- 1999 Vt. LEXIS 91
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that trial court’s consideration of improper aggravating factor was harmless in context of multifactored sentencing determination
- holding that any error in considering victim’s standing in the community was harmless where record showed that other valid aggravating factors established an “independent basis for the sentencing decision”
- concluding that court’s allegedly erroneous consideration of aggravating factor was harmless because “the court’s analysis of the statutory aggravating and mitigating factors provided an independent basis” for its sentencing decision
- explaining that under Vermont Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(a), harmless error is any error that “does not affect substantial rights of a defendant”
- where other appropriate factors provide an independent basis for the sentencing decision, error is harmless
- “The harmless error doctrine applies to sentencing proceedings.”
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Judges: Amestoy, Dooley, Morse, Johnson, Skoglund
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5 cases in this archive cite this case.
- In re CarterSupreme Court of Vermont· 2004-02-27· cited 74×
- State v. GibneySupreme Court of Vermont· 2003-03-28· cited 34×
- State v. MerchantSupreme Court of Vermont· 2001-12-21· cited 19×
- State v. Jeffrey M. RaySupreme Court of Vermont· 2019-08-02· cited 13×
- State v. DaleySupreme Court of Vermont· 2006-01-06· cited 11×
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Williams v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1970-06-29· cited 985×
- United States v. William BokunSecond Circuit· 1995-12-27· cited 220×
- United States v. Sally Di Stefano and Linda Di StefanoSecond Circuit· 1977-05-16· cited 100×
- State v. HandleyWashington Supreme Court· 1990-09-20· cited 94×
- State v. BaconSupreme Court of Vermont· 1995-02-17· cited 74×
- State v. BakerNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1994-01-21· cited 39×
- State v. CorlissSupreme Court of Vermont· 1998-02-06· cited 27×
- State v. HansenIdaho Supreme Court· 1994-06-09· cited 27×
- State v. CanditoConnecticut Appellate Court· 1985-05-28· cited 27×
- State v. WoodardSupreme Court of Vermont· 1976-02-04· cited 26×
- State v. CyrSupreme Court of Vermont· 1982-06-10· cited 21×
- People v. BruebakerSupreme Court of Colorado· 1975-08-05· cited 18×
- State v. MorrillSupreme Court of Vermont· 1971-10-05· cited 16×
- State v. BarilSupreme Court of Vermont· 1990-10-26· cited 10×
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