Legal Opinion

State v. Smith

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided January 4, 1974PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHouse, C. J.

The defendant was found guilty by a jury of the crime of robbery with violence in violation of § 53-14 of the General Statutes. The primary issue on this appeal is whether the court on a preliminary hearing properly denied the defendant’s motion to suppress and thereafter properly overruled the defendant’s objection to the in-court identification, by the victim of the robbery, of the defendant as the man who had taken from him at gunpoint more than $60 in cash which belonged to the service station where the victim was employed.

The court’s finding relative to these rulings is not subject to…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Foster v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State v. PiskorskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
  2. State v. TheriaultSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
  3. State v. PackardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
  4. State v. HafnerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
  5. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982

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