Supreme Court of Vermont· 10/21/1988
State v. Schmitt
Citations
- 554 A.2d 666
- 150 Vt. 503
- 1988 Vt. LEXIS 209
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that novel, unpreserved constitutional arguments are “far from obvious, and could not rise to the level of plain error”
- affirming jury instruction that defined under the influence as “when a person’s full mental or physical faculties, his mental or physical ability, are diminished, impaired or affected in the slightest degree by intoxicating liquor”
- after anonymous tip, police cruiser followed defendant's car and observed erratic and dangerous driving, justifying stop
- after anonymous tip, police cruiser followed defendant’s car and observed erratic and dangerous driving, justifying stop
- this Court has reaffirmed the use of jury instructions containing the “slightest degree” language in case law since 1933
- “all issues must be timely raised in order to preserve them for appeal”
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Judges: Allen, Hill, Peek, Gibson, Barney
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. CaronSupreme Court of Vermont· 1990-12-21· cited 50×
- United States v. James Edwin WallingTenth Circuit· 1992-08-31· cited 19×
- State v. ZumboSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-11-08· cited 15×
- State v. WelchSupreme Court of Vermont· 1994-10-14· cited 13×
- State v. LanoueSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-01-25· cited 10×
- State v. JudkinsSupreme Court of Vermont· 1993-12-17· cited 10×
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-11-08· cited 5×
- State v. VeburstSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-02-15· cited 4×
- State v. SullivanSupreme Court of Vermont· 1990-04-27· cited 3×
- State v. Henry NashVermont Superior Court· 2019-10-25
- State v. PitnerSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-07-03
Cites
16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1966-06-20· cited 6,067×
- Berkemer v. McCartySupreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 4,856×
- State v. JewettSupreme Court of Vermont· 1985-08-09· cited 142×
- State v. WillisSupreme Court of Vermont· 1985-03-22· cited 71×
- State v. RecordSupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-06-10· cited 51×
- State v. RamsaySupreme Court of Vermont· 1985-08-02· cited 44×
- People v. RamirezSupreme Court of Colorado· 1980-03-31· cited 40×
- State v. LombardSupreme Court of Vermont· 1985-12-06· cited 35×
- State v. MecierSupreme Court of Vermont· 1984-10-12· cited 33×
- State v. MaguireSupreme Court of Vermont· 1985-06-07· cited 31×
- State v. LambertSupreme Court of Vermont· 1985-07-19· cited 25×
- State v. AnderkinSupreme Court of Vermont· 1984-12-07· cited 22×
- Rittenour v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1960-08-19· cited 18×
- State v. BoardmanSupreme Court of Vermont· 1987-07-02· cited 12×
- State v. StockwellSupreme Court of Vermont· 1982-11-02· cited 5×
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