Supreme Court of Vermont· 8/29/1997

State v. Bacon

Citations

702 A.2d 116
167 Vt. 88
1997 Vt. LEXIS 243

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“Sentencing in Vermont is individualized, with broad discretion afforded the trial court in fashioning an appropriate sentence— The focus is properly on the defendant and the offense committed, not on the characteristics and behavior of unrelated offenders.”
reserving the question of whether a comparative proportion.1ity claim could arise under the Vermont Constitution even though the U.S. Supreme Court had squarely rejected such a claim, stating that “[tjhis is not the proper case to decide the full reach of our proportion.1ity clause”
in felony murder case, “[g]iven the seriousness of the offense for which defendant was convicted, no sentence of imprisonment could be disproportionate”
“[T]he confidentiality of PSIs is not absolute.”

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Judges: Gibson, Dooley, Morse and Johnson, Jj., and Allen, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned

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