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STATE v. GOODRICH

No. 88-010.

564 A.2d 1346 (1989)

STATE of Vermont v. David A. GOODRICH.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

April 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin G. Bradley, Chittenden County State's Atty., Burlington, and Jo-Ann Gross, Law Clerk (On the Brief), Montpelier, for plaintiff-appellee.

Walter M. Morris, Jr., Defender Gen., and Henry Hinton, Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant.

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

MORSE, Justice.

Defendant David A. Goodrich was convicted of burglary, 13 V.S.A. § 1201(a), following a jury trial. Defendant appeals, claiming error in the admission at trial of evidence of his prior convictions. We hold that their admission was reversible error and remand for a new trial.

Early in the morning of February 3, 1987, David Hathaway was awakened in his home in Burlington by noises coming from the living room. Upon going downstairs he discovered...

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