Supreme Court of Vermont· 8/9/1996

State v. Loveland

Citations

684 A.2d 272
165 Vt. 418
1996 Vt. LEXIS 90

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holding that trial court could consider defendant’s testimony and demeanor at trial in fashioning sentence because defendant’s truthfulness at trial is probative of attitude towards society and prospects for rehabilitation
concluding failure to object to stipulation to element of offense stated in open court results in waiver of argument on appeal
affirming Court’s long-held position that it would be “bad policy to create a category of errors which are plain per se”
West \allowed defendants to attack the validity of jury trial waivers in this Court without any preservation below\
defendants convicted of sex offenses must be offered immunity against use of statements made at sentencing concerning crimes for which they were convicted
because defendant made no statement at his sentencing hearing and may have been deterred from doing so by desire to preserve his privilege against self-incrimination, sentence must be reversed

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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson

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