Supreme Court of Vermont· 3/9/1990
State v. Williams
Citations
- 574 A.2d 1264
- 154 Vt. 76
- 1990 Vt. LEXIS 54
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- upholding trial court's decision to not hold a competency hearing after the defendant filed a notice to raise an insanity defense but then waived the competency hearing
- defendant was competent if he could understand the nature of the charges against him and was able to assist intelligently in his defense
- defendant was competent if he could understand the nature of the charges against him and was able to assist intelligently in his defense
- jury instruction on lesser-included offense appropriate only where each element of the lesser offense is a necessary element of the charged offense
- parties’ voluntary agreement that defendant is competent obviated the need for competency hearing and determination
- no error where charge as a whole breathes “the true spirit and doctrine of the law,” and there is no reasonable basis to find that the jury was misled by it
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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Barney
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. StreichSupreme Court of Vermont· 1995-02-17· cited 80×
- State v. LockwoodSupreme Court of Vermont· 1993-08-30· cited 59×
- State v. WheelockSupreme Court of Vermont· 1992-04-03· cited 57×
- State v. CorlissSupreme Court of Vermont· 1998-02-06· cited 27×
- People v. ReevesMichigan Supreme Court· 1995-01-31· cited 25×
- State v. KeiserSupreme Court of Vermont· 2002-06-28· cited 25×
- State v. KelleySupreme Court of Vermont· 1995-02-17· cited 24×
- In Re HansonSupreme Court of Vermont· 1993-02-26· cited 16×
- Jacobs v. StateUtah Supreme Court· 2001-02-23· cited 15×
- State v. RussoSupreme Court of Vermont· 2004-10-08· cited 15×
- In Re HemingwaySupreme Court of Vermont· 1998-06-05· cited 12×
- In re D.C.Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-11-06· cited 6×
- State v. BattinCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 1991-09-03· cited 4×
- In Re DCSupreme Court of Vermont· 1992-11-06
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Illinois v. VitaleSupreme Court· 1980-06-19· cited 1,215×
- State v. ForbesSupreme Court of Vermont· 1987-01-16· cited 30×
- State v. NortonSupreme Court of Vermont· 1986-06-27· cited 27×
- State v. CrepeaultSupreme Court of Vermont· 1967-04-04· cited 16×
- People v. ReedMichigan Court of Appeals· 1968-08-28· cited 12×
- State v. O'CONNELLSupreme Court of Vermont· 1987-07-24· cited 11×
- People v. FosterMichigan Court of Appeals· 1981-02-03· cited 11×
- Fillman v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware· 1969-02-27· cited 6×
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