5 Vermont opinions name it 1 courts 1996–2025 2 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Vermont courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
State v. Fitzgeraldgreen2 sentences2024“The purpose of the corpus delicti rule is to foreclose the possibility of conviction based on false confession where, in fact, no crime has been committed.” FitzGerald, 165 Vt. at 350 , 683 A.2d at 16 . 2024“The purpose of the corpus delicti rule is to foreclose the possibility of conviction based on false confession where, in fact, no crime has been committed.” FitzGerald, 165 Vt. at 350 , 683 A.2d at 16 . | 2 | 4 |
State v. Wellergreen2 sentences2024The rule requires the court to determine whether “evidence from sources other than a defendant’s admissions is sufficient to corroborate that a crime was in fact committed by someone.” State v. Weller, 162 Vt. 79, 83 , 644 A.2d 839, 842 (1994). 2024The rule requires the court to determine whether “evidence from sources other than a defendant’s admissions is sufficient to corroborate that a crime was in fact committed by someone.” State v. Weller, 162 Vt. 79, 83 , 644 A.2d 839, 842 (1994). | 2 | 2 |
State v. Tonzolagreen1 sentence2025Id.; see also State v. Tonzola, 159 Vt. 491, 496 (1993) (describing general standard of review for motion for judgment of acquittal). | 1 | 1 |
State v. Nortongreen1 sentence2011See Norton, 139 Vt. at 534 (“A [trial] court should move for acquittal only when the record reveals that the evidence is so tenuous that a conviction would be unconscionable”). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Vermont. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.