Supreme Court of Vermont· 4/17/1992

State v. Johnson

Citations

612 A.2d 1114
158 Vt. 344
1992 Vt. LEXIS 64

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recognizing that trial court has \considerable discretion\ in deciding whether severance is necessary when counts are joined as part of a common plan or scheme
recognizing that trial court has “considerable discretion” in deciding whether severance is necessary when counts are joined as part of a common plan or scheme
recognizing that “[o]f course, in a given situation offenses may be of the same or similar character, and, at the same time, constitute a series of connected acts or parts of a single scheme”
noting that evidence of other sexual acts may be admitted if they are similar and close in time
stating that “the common features of defendant’s conduct, the settings, and the victims, would have permitted admission of the evidence under 404(b)”
upholding lewd and lascivious conduct conviction when defendant encouraged child to masturbate in the presence of others

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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson

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