Supreme Court of Vermont· 1/27/1984
State v. Foy
Citations
- 475 A.2d 219
- 144 Vt. 109
- 1984 Vt. LEXIS 419
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting trial court has broad discretion in deciding questions of relevancy, and Supreme Court “will not interfere with discretionary rulings that have a reasonable basis”
- failure of the trial court to give adequate consideration to the Gardner factors may constitute an abuse of discretion
- trial court properly admitted prior convictions where, despite lengthy record and similarity of offenses, “they constituted the only substantial means of impeachment available to the State”
- “This Court will not interfere with discretionary rulings that have a reasonable basis, even if another court might have reached a different conclusion.” (citation omitted)
- “This Court will not interfere with discretionary rulings that have a reasonable basis, even if another court might have reached a different conclusion.” (citation omitted)
- court struck the argument and immediately cautioned the jury to ignore it
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Judges: Billings, Hill, Underwood, Peck, Gibson
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21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. AyersSupreme Court of Vermont· 1987-09-11· cited 40×
- State v. ChambersSupreme Court of Vermont· 1984-05-11· cited 33×
- State v. MessierSupreme Court of Vermont· 1985-07-19· cited 31×
- State v. MessierSupreme Court of Vermont· 2005-08-19· cited 25×
- State v. CarteeSupreme Court of Vermont· 1993-10-08· cited 23×
- State v. GoodrichSupreme Court of Vermont· 1989-04-14· cited 19×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Vermont· 1986-08-08· cited 19×
- State v. HerringSupreme Court of Vermont· 2010-12-03· cited 18×
- State v. GabareeSupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-01-15· cited 18×
- State v. PotterSupreme Court of Vermont· 1987-04-10· cited 17×
- State v. HurleySupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-06-24· cited 16×
- State v. OvittSupreme Court of Vermont· 1987-09-03· cited 14×
- State v. BoucherSupreme Court of Vermont· 1984-03-30· cited 12×
- State v. HooperSupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-12-16· cited 11×
- State v. EmersonSupreme Court of Vermont· 1987-08-14· cited 10×
- State v. CurtisSupreme Court of Vermont· 1985-04-26· cited 9×
- State v. HillSupreme Court of Vermont· 2002-10-30· cited 5×
- State v. MitchellSupreme Court of Vermont· 1986-06-27· cited 4×
- State v. PelletierSupreme Court of Vermont· 2014-09-09· cited 4×
- In Re Estate of HoggSupreme Court of Vermont· 1986-05-02· cited 3×
Cites
24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 3,922×
- Commonwealth v. RootsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 127×
- State v. KasperSupreme Court of Vermont· 1979-04-05· cited 63×
- State v. LaphamSupreme Court of Vermont· 1977-06-07· cited 59×
- State v. GardnerSupreme Court of Vermont· 1981-07-21· cited 52×
- Woodmansee v. StonemanSupreme Court of Vermont· 1975-08-21· cited 40×
- State v. MoranSupreme Court of Vermont· 1982-02-02· cited 40×
- State v. CameronSupreme Court of Vermont· 1967-02-07· cited 37×
- State v. BishopSupreme Court of Vermont· 1969-12-02· cited 37×
- State v. SavoSupreme Court of Vermont· 1982-04-06· cited 35×
- State v. BilladoSupreme Court of Vermont· 1982-04-06· cited 34×
- State v. BlakeneySupreme Court of Vermont· 1979-10-02· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. PiloskySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-29· cited 27×
- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Vermont· 1968-10-01· cited 22×
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Vermont· 1972-04-04· cited 21×
- People v. WhiteAppellate Court of Illinois· 1980-07-25· cited 16×
- State v. JarrettSupreme Court of Vermont· 1983-06-07· cited 15×
- State v. NormandySupreme Court of Vermont· 1983-09-06· cited 15×
- State v. BatchelorSupreme Court of Vermont· 1977-06-07· cited 12×
- State v. CovellSupreme Court of Vermont· 1982-11-02· cited 12×
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