Supreme Court of Vermont· 5/7/1999

State v. Couture

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734 A.2d 524
169 Vt. 222
1999 Vt. LEXIS 87

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stating that pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 2301, first-degree murder requires proof that killing was intentional, deliberate, and premeditated
holding that circumstantial evidence alone may be sufficient to support conviction and that “[t]he State is not required to exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence if the inferences drawn from circumstantial evidence” support the conviction
rejecting defendant’s request to apply more rigorous standard when reviewing motion for judgment of acquittal in case in which conviction was based solely on circumstantial evidence
“[A] judgment of acquittal is proper only if the prosecution has failed to put forth any evidence to substantiate a jury verdict.”
\[A] judgment of acquittal is proper only if the prosecution has failed to put forth any evidence to substantiate a jury verdict.\
“A [Rule 33] motion ... permits a new trial only where the evidence preponderates heavily against the verdict and a serious miscarriage of justice would otherwise result.” (quotation omitted)

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Judges: Amestoy, Dooley, Morse, Johnson, Skoglund

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