STATE v. GIROUARD

No. 135-76.

373 A.2d 836 (1977)

STATE of Vermont v. Roy GIROUARD.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

March 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis X. Murray, Chittenden County State's Atty., and Michael Goldsmith, Deputy State's Atty., Burlington, for plaintiff.

Paul D. Jarvis, Burlington, for defendant.

Before BARNEY, C. J., DALEY, LARROW and BILLINGS, JJ., and KEYSER, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


DALEY, Justice.

In the early morning hours of June 14, 1975, in an altercation occurring on King Street in the City of Burlington, Richard Peers was shot to death. The defendant was indicted by the grand jury for murder in the first degree under 13 V.S.A. § 2301, and was found guilty of this offense by a jury in the Addison Superior Court.

Four issues are presented here on appeal. In the first issue, the defendant contends that the trial court erred in...

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