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· 1/15/1988

State v. Gabaree

Citations

  • 542 A.2d 272
  • 149 Vt. 229
  • 1988 Vt. LEXIS 16

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that where defendant failed to preserve the issue, denial of motion for psychiatric examination of sexual assault victim was not plain error where “defense counsel had ample opportunity to bring forth evidence of the alleged victim’s reputation for truthfulness”
  • explaining that ineffective- assistance claim generally cannot be raised on direct appeal of a conviction
  • no confrontation clause violation in the refusal to order a psychiatric examination of the victim in view of the opportunity to show defendant’s reputation for truthfulness
  • no constitutional violation in court’s failure to grant defendant’s motion for psychiatric examination of alleged victim where defendant had sufficient opportunity to otherwise bring forth evidence concerning victim’s veracity

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Judges: Allen, Peck, Gibson, Dooley, Mahady

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