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STATE v. BACON

No. 92-534.

658 A.2d 54 (1995)

STATE of Vermont v. Christopher BACON.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

February 17, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen., and Susan R. Harritt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montpelier, and Dan M. Davis, Windham County State's Atty., and Karen Carroll, Deputy State's Atty., Brattleboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert R. Bent of Zuccaro, Willis & Bent, St. Johnsbury, for defendant-appellant.

Robert Appel, Defender Gen., Montpelier, for amicus curiae Office of Defender Gen.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ.

MORSE, Justice.

Defendant Christopher Bacon appeals his conviction of being an accessory to the murder of Robin Colson, committed during a burglary of her residence in Newfane, as well as seventeen other convictions associated with the murder. As a result of the felony-murder conviction, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Defendant claims error in the jury instructions; he also contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel, and that...

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