STATE v. BLAKENEY

No. 239-78.

408 A.2d 636 (1979)

STATE of Vermont v. Bernard Gordon BLAKENEY.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory W. McNaughton, Washington County State's Atty., and Philip H. White, Deputy State's Atty., Montpelier, for plaintiff.

James L. Morse, Defender Gen., William A. Nelson, Appellate Defender, Montpelier, and Nancy Kaufman, Public Defender, Barre, for defendant.

Before BARNEY, C. J., LARROW, BILLINGS and HILL, JJ., and SHANGRAW, C. J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


HILL, Justice.

The defendant appeals from a conviction of aggravated assault. He alleges error as follows: first, that the State failed to prove essential elements of the charge; second, that the trial court erred in admitting irrelevant evidence; third, that the trial court erred in failing to grant defendant's requested jury instruction; and fourth, that a mistrial should have been granted due to a breach of the trial court's sequestration order.

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