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STATE v. DOUCETTE

No. 52-80.

470 A.2d 676 (1983)

STATE of Vermont v. Gerald P. DOUCETTE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

November 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Easton, Jr., Atty. Gen., Susan R. Harritt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jay Hindman, Law Clerk, Montpelier (on the brief), and James D. McKnight, Orange County State's Atty., Chelsea, for plaintiff-appellee.

Welch and Graham, White River Junction, Andrew B. Crane, Defender Gen., and William A. Nelson, Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant.

Before BILLINGS, C.J., HILL and UNDERWOOD, JJ., and KEYSER and LARROW, JJ. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

HILL, Justice.

Defendant Gerald P. Doucette appeals his second degree murder, felony murder, and grand larceny convictions for the slaying of Wayland Austin and the larceny of Mr. Austin's truck. We affirm his convictions.

Wayland Austin's body was found buried under some hay in a remote, wooded area of Tunbridge, Vermont. Austin's death was caused by three gunshot wounds from bullets fired at close range into the back of his head. Austin was driving his truck...

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