Supreme Court of Vermont· 5/25/1984
State v. Nash
Citations
- 479 A.2d 757
- 144 Vt. 427
- 1984 Vt. LEXIS 491
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing the \fallibility\ of trial participants and noting that courts should take caution when fashioning rules that \mandate automatic reversals\ so as not to become \impregnable citadels of technicality\
- recognizing the “fallibility” of trial participants and noting that courts should take caution when fashioning rules that “mandate automatic reversals” so as not to become “impregnable citadels of technicality”
- even where there are possible constitutional violations \it is the duty of a reviewing court ... to ignore errors that are harmless....\
- double jeopardy claim, based on failure of State to specify which alternative theory of sexual assault it was using, was premature
- 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a)(1)(A), (B), and (C) are not separate crimes; they are separate ways by which a single offense may be committed.
- even where there are possible constitutional violations “it is the duty of a reviewing court ... to ignore errors that are harmless . . . .”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Billings, Hill, Underwood, Peck, Gibson
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33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Langle v. KurkulSupreme Court of Vermont· 1986-01-24· cited 115×
- State v. HamlinSupreme Court of Vermont· 1985-07-05· cited 53×
- State v. HuntSupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-10-21· cited 48×
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Vermont· 1989-09-08· cited 40×
- State v. ValleySupreme Court of Vermont· 1989-12-29· cited 33×
- State v. DeLaBruereSupreme Court of Vermont· 1990-04-27· cited 33×
- State v. HazeltonSupreme Court of Vermont· 2006-11-22· cited 33×
- State v. RitterSupreme Court of Vermont· 1998-04-10· cited 28×
- State v. RobillardSupreme Court of Vermont· 1986-02-28· cited 26×
- State v. DeyoSupreme Court of Vermont· 2006-11-22· cited 25×
- State v. BeginsSupreme Court of Vermont· 1987-06-12· cited 22×
- State v. GoodrichSupreme Court of Vermont· 1989-04-14· cited 19×
- State v. MerchantSupreme Court of Vermont· 2001-12-21· cited 19×
- In Re NashSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-06-21· cited 16×
- In Re NashSupreme Court of Vermont· 1987-12-11· cited 16×
- State v. CoitaSupreme Court of Vermont· 1989-10-20· cited 15×
- State v. HooperSupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-12-16· cited 11×
- State v. CoeSupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-09-30· cited 10×
- State v. Bernard D. RougeauSupreme Court of Vermont· 2019-03-22· cited 10×
- State v. CarrollSupreme Court of Vermont· 1986-02-07· cited 8×
Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
- United States v. HastingSupreme Court· 1983-05-23· cited 1,999×
- In Re: Constitutionality of House Bill 88Supreme Court of Vermont· 1949-07-06· cited 109×
- State v. BaileySupreme Court of Vermont· 1984-01-27· cited 64×
- State v. BilladoSupreme Court of Vermont· 1982-04-06· cited 34×
- State v. ColbySupreme Court of Vermont· 1982-02-02· cited 15×
- Mancini v. ManciniSupreme Court of Vermont· 1983-06-27· cited 11×
- State v. DarlingSupreme Court of Vermont· 1982-06-10· cited 8×
- State v. OldsSupreme Court of Vermont· 1982-02-02· cited 8×
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