Supreme Court of Vermont· 8/31/2001

State v. White

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782 A.2d 1187
172 Vt. 493
2001 Vt. LEXIS 269

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holding that trial court retains wide discretion to apply or reject mitigating and aggravating factors, as well as to interpret meaning of individual factors, and its determination must be upheld absent abuse of discretion
declining to address claim raised for first time on appeal where party failed to assert plain error
trial court’s determination of aggravating and mitigating circumstances will be upheld if supported by credible evidence
“To support a claim of abuse of discretion, the complaining party has the burden to show that the trial court withheld its discretion or exercised its discretion upon grounds clearly untenable or unreasonable.”
“The determination as to whether evidence one party seeks to admit is relevant is committed to the sound discretion of the trial court, and we will not disturb its decision absent a showing of an abuse of discretion.” (quotation omitted)

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Judges: Amestoy, Dooley, Morse, Johnson, Skoglund

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