Legal Opinion

State v. Salz

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided June 22, 1993No. 14531PublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.

In this certified appeal, the sole issue1 is whether there was sufficient evidence of the defend*22ant’s awareness of and conscious disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that death would result from his conduct to support his conviction of manslaughter in the second degree. The defendant, Richard Salz, was charged in a single count amended information with manslaughter in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-56 (a) (1).2 Following the defendant’s conviction by a jury, the trial court sentenced him to a term of imprisonment of ten years, execution suspended after…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. State v. StepneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
  3. Berry v. LoiseauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
  4. State v. PinnockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
  5. State v. MorrillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984

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3Cited by65 opinions

  1. State v. WhipperSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
  2. State v. CopasSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
  3. State v. MedinaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  4. People v. HallSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000
  5. State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994

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