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· 2/12/2016

State v. James Careau

Citations

  • 2016 VT 18
  • 201 Vt. 322
  • 141 A.3d 740
  • 2016 Vt. LEXIS 18
  • 2016 WL 555683

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that ordinarily the degree of harm suffered is a fact question for a jury
  • reiterating issue to be factual one for jury and rejecting view that gunshot wound necessarily entails great bodily harm
  • assuming the instruction was factually appropriate and proceeding directly to clear error analysis
  • defining standard of review for failure to give lesser included instruction

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Judges: Dooley, Eaton, Reiber, Robinson, Skoglund

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