Title: State v. Maunsell

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

State v. Maunsell (98-131); 170 Vt. 543; 743 A.2d 580

[Opinion Filed 24-Aug-1999]
[Motion for Reargument Denied 7-Oct-1999]

                                 ENTRY ORDER

                       SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 98-131

                              APRIL TERM, 1999

State of Vermont	               }	APPEALED FROM:
	                               }
	                               }
     v.	                               }	District Court of Vermont,
	                               }	Unit No. 2, Chittenden Circuit
David Maunsell	                       }
	                               }	DOCKET NO. 3357-8-96 Cncr

             In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:

       Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Chittenden District Court
  entered on a jury  verdict finding him guilty of lewd and lascivious
  behavior in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 2601.  On  appeal, he raises a variety
  of issues, the most significant of which involve the jury instructions, 
  the propriety of considering his lack of remorse in passing sentence and
  matters relating to a  rescinded plea agreement.  We modify the judgment to
  delete certain conditions of defendant's  probation and affirm the judgment
  as modified.

       The trial court denied defendant's motion for a judgment of acquittal
  following the  presentation of the case against him.  Accordingly, "we must
  consider whether the evidence,  taken in the light most favorable to the
  State and excluding the modifying evidence, is sufficient  to fairly and
  reasonably support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."  State v.
  Devine,  ___ Vt. ___,