STATE v. CONGRESS

No. 11-307.

114 A.3d 1128 (2014)

2014 VT 129

STATE of Vermont v. Latonia CONGRESS.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

Motion for Reargument Denied January 12, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Donovan , Jr., Chittenden County State's Attorney, and Pamela Hall Johnson, Deputy State's Attorney, Burlington, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Matthew F. Valerio , Defender General, and Marshall Pahl , Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for Defendant-Appellant.

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


¶ 1. This case requires us to decide whether, in a murder prosecution, a jury can find a defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter, as opposed to murder, on the basis of evidence that the defendant's actions were influenced by a serious psychological condition that does not rise to the level of insanity and does not negate the...

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