STATE v. KNIGHT

No. 380-80.

453 A.2d 82 (1982)

STATE of Vermont v. Newton KNIGHT III.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

November 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Easton, Jr., Atty. Gen., Susan R. Harritt and James R. Crucitti, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Gordon C. Gebauer, Jr., Law Clerk (on the brief), Montpelier, for plaintiff-appellee.

Andrew B. Crane, Defender Gen., and William A. Nelson, Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant.

Before BILLINGS, HILL and UNDERWOOD, JJ., and DALEY and LARROW, JJ. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment convicting the defendant of sexual assault. 13 V.S.A. § 3252. As grounds for appeal the defendant claims, inter alia, that the trial court erred in denying his motion for exclusion of his prior criminal record. We agree.

Prior to trial the defendant moved in limine to prohibit the State from impeaching his testimony by use of his prior conviction for adultery...

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