Case Title: State v. Fitzgerald

Citation: 165 Vt 343, 683 A.2d 10

Docket Number: 94-650

State: vermont

Court: Vermont Supreme Court

Date: 1996-07-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
State v. FitzGerald  (94-650); 165 Vt 343; 683 A.2d 10

[Opinion Filed 05-Jul-1996]

[Motion for Reargument Denied 26-Jul-1996]


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                            No. 94-650


State of Vermont                             Supreme Court

                                             On Appeal from
    v.                                       District Court of Vermont,
                                             Unit No. 2, Chittenden Circuit

Gregory Stephen FitzGerald                   May Term, 1996


Alden T. Bryan, J.

       Scot Kline, Chittenden County State's Attorney, and Pamela Hall
  Johnson, Deputy State's Attorney, Burlington, for plaintiff-appellee

       Robert M. Paolini of Martin & Paolini, Barre, and Gregory FitzGerald,
  pro se, Swanton, for defendant-appellant
 

PRESENT:  Allen, C.J. (FN1), Gibson, Dooley, Morse and Johnson, JJ.


       MORSE, J.   Defendant appeals from his conviction by jury of
  first-degree murder.  He claims that the court erred in denying his motion
  for mistrial, which was based on the admission of a statement allegedly
  obtained in violation of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona,