BARNEY, Chief Justice.
After eight and a half hours of deliberation the jury found the defendant guilty of sexual assault, 13 V.S.A. § 3252(1)(B), of a girl that he picked up as a hitchhiker. The defendant asserts a number of errors in the receipt of evidence, plus the failure to prove one essential element of the case. The matter is here for review.
The trial began with testimony from a state trooper whose principal evidence was a recitation of the story...
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