STATE v. PATNAUDE

Nos. 230-80, 231-80.

438 A.2d 402 (1981)

STATE of Vermont v. Jeffrey PATNAUDE. STATE of Vermont v. Ellwin POQUETTE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

November 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Keller, Chittenden County State's Atty. and Susan R. Via, Chief Deputy State's Atty., Burlington, for plaintiff.

William A. Nelson, Acting Defender Gen. and Ruth Ann Wishik, Law Clerk (on the brief), Montpelier, for defendant.

Before BARNEY, C. J., and LARROW, BILLINGS, HILL and UNDERWOOD, JJ.


UNDERWOOD, Justice.

The two defendants and three other men were accused by two women of repeated sexual assaults upon them in a late-night gang rape at a secluded cabin in Williston. Following combined trials, a jury found both defendants guilty of sexual assault, 13 V.S.A. § 3252(1)(A), upon each of the women.

The defendants moved for acquittals, notwithstanding the verdicts, and for new trials on the ground that the trial judge's evidentiary rulings...

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