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State v. Hendricks

Citations

  • 787 A.2d 1270
  • 173 Vt. 132
  • 2001 Vt. LEXIS 379

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that prior domestic assault may be admitted in domestic-violence case because allegations, “taken out of its situational context, are likely to seem incongruous and incredible to a jury” (quotation omitted)
  • affirming admission of prior abusive conduct towards victim to give context for charged domestic abuse
  • rejecting a claim that a limiting instruction regarding prior bad acts was inadequate where the court explained, inter alia, that “[y]ou should distinctly understand that the Defendant is not on trial for any actions other than the charged offense”

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Judges: Amestoy, Dooley, Morse, Johnson, Skoglund

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