Supreme Court of Vermont· 5/15/1981
State v. Norton
Citations
- 431 A.2d 1244
- 139 Vt. 532
- 1981 Vt. LEXIS 509
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- 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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7 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. ColeSupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-09-30· cited 61×
- State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Vermont· 1995-01-27· cited 45×
- State v. LaFlamSupreme Court of Vermont· 2008-08-21· cited 22×
- State v. ErwinSupreme Court of Vermont· 2011-04-07· cited 17×
- State v. DionSupreme Court of Vermont· 1990-06-01· cited 13×
- State v. PennSupreme Court of Vermont· 2003-12-11· cited 11×
- State v. GreensletSupreme Court of Vermont· 1985-08-30· cited 1×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. MorrillSupreme Court of Vermont· 1969-04-01· cited 82×
- State v. WelchSupreme Court of Vermont· 1978-10-05· cited 32×
- United States v. Gary Russell BullockFifth Circuit· 1977-05-16· cited 31×
- State v. BressetteSupreme Court of Vermont· 1978-06-06· cited 17×
- State v. WintersSupreme Court of Vermont· 1978-09-14· cited 8×
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