Supreme Court of Vermont· 5/27/1988
State v. Turner
Citations
- 150 Vt. 72
- 550 A.2d 5
- 1988 Vt. LEXIS 102
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that trial court’s sentencing decision will stand “[a]bsent a showing that the trial court failed to exercise discretion at all, or exercised it for purposes which are clearly untenable, or to a degree which is unreasonable”
- momentary error concerning which evidence was relevant to defense was corrected immediately and did not prejudice defendant by disrupting cross-examination
- “Absent a showing that the trial court failed to exercise discretion at all, or exercised it for purposes which are clearly untenable, or to a degree which is unreasonable, we will uphold the court’s decision.” (citing State v. Savo, 141 Vt. 203, 208 (1982)
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Judges: Allen, Dooley, Gibson, Mahady, Peck
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Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. SavoSupreme Court of Vermont· 1982-04-06· cited 35×
- Laferriere v. SalibaSupreme Court of Vermont· 1955-02-01· cited 29×
- People v. DavisNew York Supreme Court· 1967-06-26· cited 29×
- State v. BarilSupreme Court of Vermont· 1969-02-04· cited 18×
- State v. TenneySupreme Court of Vermont· 1983-06-07· cited 11×
- State v. AllenSupreme Court of Vermont· 1985-02-04· cited 7×
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