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State v. Oakes

Citations

  • 276 A.2d 18
  • 129 Vt. 241
  • 1971 Vt. LEXIS 252

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that opposing counsel has duty to object to claimed prejudicial conduct during jury selection so it may be corrected
  • prosecutor’s comments during voir dire and opening statement not error because no showing of prejudice to defendant
  • photographs shown to the jury not “prejudicial as a matter of law”
  • since objection to improper question was sustained, ruling is not prejudicial
  • no errors in charge were “so prejudicial as to require reversal”

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Judges: Holden, Barney, Smith, Keyser, Billings, Supr

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