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STATE v. LaPLANTE

No. 41-81.

449 A.2d 955 (1982)

STATE of Vermont v. Bernard Moses LaPLANTE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 7, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Sheehan, Windsor County State's Atty., and William S. Bos, Deputy State's Atty., White River Junction, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ernest P. Sachs, Norwich, for defendant-appellant.

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

BARNEY, Chief Justice.

The defendant appeals his conviction of simple assault, claiming that the trial court abused its discretion in excluding seven out of ten prior criminal convictions from his attempt to impeach the State's key witness.

The defendant and a companion were each charged with aggravated assault under 13 V.S.A. § 1024(a)(2), following a shooting incident at the home of an acquaintance in Sharon. The defendant's companion pled guilty to...

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