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State v. Rice

Citations

  • 483 A.2d 248
  • 145 Vt. 25
  • 1984 Vt. LEXIS 545

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  • holding that there was no error where sentencing was based on victims’ testimony and subject to cross-examination
  • reaffirming Boyer and stating that double jeopardy does not give defendant the \right to know at any specific moment in time what the exact limit of his punishment would turn out to be\
  • reaffirming Boyer and stating that double jeopardy does not give defendant the “right to know at any specific moment in time what the exact limit of his punishment would turn out to be”
  • in-court testimony by victims, at sentencing, did not violate Williams because it was not impermissible hearsay
  • in-court testimony by victims, at sentencing, did not violate Williams because it was not impermisible hearsay
  • court abused its discretion by imposing an enhanced sentence in response to public clamor

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Judges: Billings, Hill, Underwood, Peck, Larrow

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