Supreme Court of Vermont· 11/5/1980
State v. Parker
Citations
- 423 A.2d 851
- 139 Vt. 179
- 1980 Vt. LEXIS 1502
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that trial court is solely responsible for weighing evidence, assessing credibility of witnesses, and determining persuasive effect of testimony
- finding no plain error where defendant, on appeal, argued that court erred by not including instruction for inconsistent lesser-included offense
- trier of fact has sole determination concerning weight of evidence, credibility of witnesses, and persuasive effect of testimony
- trier of fact has sole determination concerning weight of evidence, credibility of witnesses, and persuasive effect of testimony
- a gun, whether loaded or unloaded, is a dangerous weapon when used in the commission of a robbery because it could be used as a bludgeon to effect personal injury
- defendant’s request that trial court not instruct jury on lesser-included offense “coupled with the defendant’s failure to object to the [absence of such a] charge . . . constitutes a waiver of the objection”
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Judges: Daley, Larrow, Billings, Hill, Smith
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16 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. DerouchieSupreme Court of Vermont· 1981-11-19· cited 68×
- Brooks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-02-03· cited 40×
- State v. GraySupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-06-03· cited 35×
- State v. GibneySupreme Court of Vermont· 2003-03-28· cited 34×
- State v. HoadleySupreme Court of Vermont· 1986-03-28· cited 30×
- State v. TurnerSupreme Court of Vermont· 2003-07-17· cited 28×
- State v. DavignonSupreme Court of Vermont· 1989-06-16· cited 25×
- State v. TromblySupreme Court of Vermont· 1987-07-24· cited 19×
- State v. LeggettSupreme Court of Vermont· 1998-02-02· cited 16×
- State v. WellerSupreme Court of Vermont· 1994-05-20· cited 8×
- State v. Keith J. BairdSupreme Court of Vermont· 2017-08-25· cited 7×
- State v. Richared E. LadueSupreme Court of Vermont· 2017-04-07· cited 6×
- Fontaine v. District Court of VermontSupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-05-13· cited 5×
- State v. Justin R. KuzawskiSupreme Court of Vermont· 2017-12-15· cited 2×
- In Re G.C., JuvenileSupreme Court of Vermont· 2023-04-14· cited 1×
- State v. LovejoySupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-06-17
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Woodmansee v. StonemanSupreme Court of Vermont· 1975-08-21· cited 40×
- Hayes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-10-04· cited 40×
- State v. McLarenSupreme Court of Vermont· 1977-06-07· cited 30×
- State v. GirouardSupreme Court of Vermont· 1977-03-14· cited 30×
- State v. D'AMICOSupreme Court of Vermont· 1978-04-04· cited 29×
- Petition of BaldwinSupreme Court of Vermont· 1969-04-01· cited 7×
- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Vermont· 1970-02-03· cited 7×
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