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State v. Norton

Citations

  • 431 A.2d 1244
  • 139 Vt. 532
  • 1981 Vt. LEXIS 509

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  • unless defendant moves for judgment of acquittal at end of trial, insufficiency of evidence claim will not be preserved
  • “A [trial] court should move for acquittal only when the record reveals that the evidence is so tenuous that a conviction would be unconscionable”

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Judges: Barney, Larrow, Billings, Hill, Underwood

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