Legal Opinion
State v. Cots
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 8, 1939PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The indictment charged Ira Allen Weaver and this accused with murder in the first degree in having shot to death Joseph G. Dripps at Middletown on January 21, 1939, while engaged in the armed robbery of his store, the shooting having been done by Weaver, and Cots having aided and abetted the same. Upon Weaver’s plea of guilty the court determined the degree of his crime to be murder in the first degree. Cots having pleaded not guilty, and so elected, was tried by the court, and was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree as charged in the indictment. He has appealed from this judgment.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. FrostSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- State v. GuilfoyleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- State v. LevySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- State v. SimborskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
- State v. KleinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
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3Cited by27 opinions
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