Supreme Court of Vermont· 9/30/1988
State v. Cole
Citations
- 554 A.2d 253
- 150 Vt. 453
- 1988 Vt. LEXIS 192
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that act of grabbing flashlight from officer could be found to be threatening behavior done to communicate intent to harm because flashlight could be used as weapon
- holding that failure to give self-defense instruction was not plain error
- observing that “the word ‘threaten’ includes some element of volition” and that threatening behavior “communicates the requisite intent”
- providing that in criminal context, “[i]ntent is rarely proved by direct evidence; it must be inferred from a person’s act and proved by circumstantial evidence
- noting that defendant’s “act of grabbing the flashlight could be found to be threatening behavior, done to communicate the intent to harm”
- describing \[t]hreatening behavior\ as \behavior that communicates the requisite intent\ to \inflict harm on person or property\
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Judges: Allen, Peck, Dooley, Barney, Keyser
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42 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. GreenLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1997-02-26· cited 112×
- State v. ReadSupreme Court of Vermont· 1996-03-22· cited 65×
- State v. FangerSupreme Court of Vermont· 1995-06-30· cited 57×
- State v. WelchSupreme Court of Vermont· 1992-10-30· cited 39×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Vermont· 1992-05-22· cited 39×
- State v. SanvilleSupreme Court of Vermont· 2011-03-29· cited 34×
- State v. CramSupreme Court of Vermont· 2008-05-01· cited 27×
- Lay v. Pettengill, NovotnySupreme Court of Vermont· 2011-11-23· cited 24×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Vermont· 2013-11-27· cited 24×
- State v. John DiscolaSupreme Court of Vermont· 2018-01-19· cited 24×
- State v. AmsdenSupreme Court of Vermont· 2013-07-12· cited 20×
- State v. FrenchSupreme Court of Vermont· 1989-06-30· cited 20×
- C. Paige Hinkson v. Stuart StevensSupreme Court of Vermont· 2020-08-07· cited 18×
- State v. Miles DowSupreme Court of Vermont· 2016-08-19· cited 17×
- State of Vermont v. Christian J. NollSupreme Court of Vermont· 2018-10-12· cited 17×
- State v. Cameron AlbarelliSupreme Court of Vermont· 2016-11-18· cited 14×
- State v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Vermont· 2002-02-08· cited 13×
- State v. DionSupreme Court of Vermont· 1990-06-01· cited 13×
- State v. David G. BuckleySupreme Court of Vermont· 2016-05-27· cited 13×
- State v. Glen Haskins, Jr.Supreme Court of Vermont· 2016-07-15· cited 12×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. RamsaySupreme Court of Vermont· 1985-08-02· cited 44×
- People v. HarveyNew York Court of Appeals· 1954-12-02· cited 43×
- State v. LundSupreme Court of Vermont· 1984-02-03· cited 30×
- State v. NortonSupreme Court of Vermont· 1986-06-27· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. HughesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-09-28· cited 19×
- State v. BressetteSupreme Court of Vermont· 1978-06-06· cited 17×
- State v. BurnhamSupreme Court of Vermont· 1984-09-14· cited 16×
- State v. NortonSupreme Court of Vermont· 1981-05-15· cited 10×
- State v. WintersSupreme Court of Vermont· 1978-09-14· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. CoolbaughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-12· cited 7×
- State v. PickettSupreme Court of Vermont· 1979-06-05· cited 4×
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