STATE v. LAPHAM

No. 132-76.

377 A.2d 249 (1977)

STATE of Vermont v. Robert E. LAPHAM.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

June 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Jerome Diamond, Atty. Gen. and William T. Keefe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montpelier, and John S. Liccardi, Rutland County State's Atty., Rutland, for plaintiff.

Robert E. Broderick, Theodore A. Parisi, Jr., and John D. Burke, Castleton, for defendant.

Before BARNEY, C. J., LARROW, BILLINGS and HILL, JJ., and SHANGRAW, C. J. (Ret.), specially assigned.


BILLINGS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of guilty entered in the Rutland Superior Court after a jury trial for first-degree murder. 13 V.S.A. § 2301; V.R.A.P. 3(b). On March 30, 1975, the Vermont State Police received telephone calls reporting a possible murder at a Mendon residence; officers were dispatched to the scene. When they attempted to enter the house, the defendant opened the door and they were able to see the victim. Conversation ensued...

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