Supreme Court of Vermont August 21, 1998, 97-386 (State v. Forant)

Johnson, J.

Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for the domestic assault of his wife. Defendant claims that (1) the trial court committed plain error when, while instructing the jury, it made a contradictory statement that the State’s burden of disproving self-defense was by a preponderance of the evidence; and (2) the security measures taken by a victim of a crime and expenses incurred