Supreme Court of Vermont· 11/8/1991

State v. Sims

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608 A.2d 1149
158 Vt. 173
1991 Vt. LEXIS 236

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explaining that such actions are important steps toward rehabilitation
sentencing court may consider defendant’s refusal to acknowledge his crime after guilty conviction
expert cannot give opinion as to complainant's truthful character where witness knows complainant only through the case at trial
expert cannot give opinion as to complainant's truthful character where witness knows complainant only through the case at trial
expert implicitly assumed truth of complainant’s account of abuse and conveyed this assumption to jury
“A defendant’s acceptance of responsibility for the offense, and a sincere demonstration of remorse, are proper considerations in sentencing. They constitute important steps toward rehabilitation.”

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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson

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