STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 90-578.

615 A.2d 132 (1992)

STATE of Vermont v. Roy JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

May 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Sorrell, Chittenden County State's Atty., and Pamela Hall Johnson, Deputy State's Atty., Burlington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Charles Martin of Martin & Paolini, Barre, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ.


JOHNSON, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a first-degree murder conviction. He argues that (1) the evidence, when viewed most favorably to the State, failed to establish causation; (2) the trial court's instructions regarding malice and evidence of other crimes constituted plain error; (3) the court committed reversible error by allowing a sequestered juror to return from emergency leave without determining whether he had been prejudicially influenced against defendant...

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