Supreme Court of Vermont· 5/8/1992

State v. Percy

Citations

612 A.2d 1119
158 Vt. 410
1992 Vt. LEXIS 69

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recognizing that, in challenging jury instructions, a “defendant may not complain because the court has refused to employ the exact terms he has requested”
noting a discretionary ruling admitting relevant evidence under Rule 403 is given considerable latitude on appeal and the burden to show an abuse of discretion is heavy
no plain error flowing from erroneous instruction on element of crime where defendant did not contest committing the underlying acts, but merely contested his sanity
“When all is said and done, a number of consecutive sentences becomes one sentence, and it is against this sentence, as ‘imposed,’ that pretrial detention is credited.”

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