STATE v. ROY

No. 87-536.

557 A.2d 884 (1989)

STATE of Vermont v. James R. ROY.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelley A. Hill, Windsor County State's Atty., and Ruth E. Clough, Law Clerk (on the brief), White River Junction, for plaintiff-appellee.

Walter M. Morris, Jr., Defender General and William A. Nelson, Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., PECK, DOOLEY and MORSE, JJ., and KEYSER, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


DOOLEY, Justice.

Defendant appeals his conviction of simple assault on a police officer, 13 V.S.A. §§ 1023(a) and 1028, attempting to elude a police officer, 23 V.S.A. § 1133, and reckless operation of an automobile, 23 V.S.A. § 1091. Defendant urges numerous grounds for reversal: (1) that the jury charge was in error because it failed to state that knowledge that the victim was a police officer is an element of the crime of simple assault on a...

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