State v. Watson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “it is clear that the statutes cannot logically stand together. . . . [Viewed together] we would be led to the inescapable conclusion that, in the context of the same criminal act, the less culpable the state of mind possessed by a defendant, the greater his crime, and vice versa.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re P.M.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-03-29· cited 26×
• State v. Beayon
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-02-14· cited 18×
• State v. Foley
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1982-02-02· cited 18×
• Vermont Tenants, Inc. v. Vermont Housing Finance Agency
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-10-08· cited 13×
• State v. Grace
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-05-21· cited 3×
• In Re PM
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-03-29

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Blakeney
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1979-10-02· cited 30×
• State v. D'AMICO
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1978-04-04· cited 29×
• State v. Labonte
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1958-09-02· cited 18×