IN RE RUSSO

No. 08-070.

991 A.2d 1073 (2010)

2010 VT 16

In re Vito RUSSO.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

February 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison N. Fulcher of Martin & Associates, Barre, and Vito J. Russo, Pro Se, Springfield, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Tracy Kelly Shriver, Windham County State's Attorney, Brattleboro, for Respondent-Appellant.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, JOHNSON, SKOGLUND and BURGESS, JJ.


SKOGLUND, J.

¶ 1. Petitioner, jailed for a term of twelve-to-fifteen years on a conviction for aggravated assault, sought post-conviction relief (PCR) on the grounds that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel at his trial. The PCR court agreed, concluding that petitioner's trial attorney deprived him of effective representation by failing to engage a firearms expert to testify at trial and failing to test-fire the rifle at issue. The State appeals...

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