Supreme Court of Vermont· 11/1/1983

State v. Doucette

Citations

470 A.2d 676
143 Vt. 573
1983 Vt. LEXIS 575

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holding that felony-murder requires proof of malice, but that malice can be inferred “from evidence presented that the defendant intentionally set in motion a chain of events likely to cause death or great bodily injury, or acted with extreme indifference to the value of human life”
jury may convict a person of felony murder where evidence of malice indicates that the defendant “acted with extreme indifference to the value of human life”
where terms of trust instrument prescribing trustee’s investment powers conflict with terms of Probate Code, trust instrument controls
“[A] person is not criminally liable for causing a bad result if he or she did not have some culpable mental state with respect to that result.”
search warrant issued by Massachusetts court assistant clerk did not violate fourth amendment
to find malice jury may take into consideration facts and circumstances surrounding killing

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Judges: Billings, Hill, Underwood, Keyser, Larrow

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