· 4/8/1980
State v. Connarn
Citations
- 413 A.2d 812
- 138 Vt. 270
- 1980 Vt. LEXIS 1124
How courts have described this case
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- no abuse of discretion where trial court gave defendant opportunity to depose witness not disclosed by State
- “The identity of the specimen need not be proved beyond a possibility of doubt, but the circumstances must be such as to establish a reasonable assurance of the identity of the specimen although all possibility of tampering is not excluded.”
- violation of V.R.Cr.P. 16 cured where identity of witness becomes known to the defendant during trial and the court orders the State to produce him, thereby giving the defendant an opportunity to depose the witness or examine him on the stand
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Judges: Barney, Daley, Billings, Hill, Gibson
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