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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 228

Citation
§ 228
Parent Document
Sweet v. Roy, 801 A.2d 694 (2002)
Jurisdiction
Vermont (state)
Effective Date
2002-04-26

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however, that there are no “hard-and-fast time limits” and that the “precise amount of elapsed time is less important than the relation between the passage of time and the inference that there is an overall plan to the defendant’s actions.” 162 Vt. at 397, 648 A.2d at 629. Thus, we noted that in child sexual assault cases we would authorize the admission of “much earlier assaults on the victim when the evidence also shows such assaults have continued right up to the charged event.” Id.