Legal Opinion

State v. Lorain

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided November 23, 1954PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWynne, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree. The indictment set forth that the murder was done in attempting to perpetrate a robbery upon the person of Greorge Zgierski. On his appeal to this court, the defendant in his assignment of errors attacks the finding in several particulars. These attacks have no merit. Included also are assignments as to the admission of evidence and exhibits. These have to do with the claim that a confession obtained while the defendant was in the custody of the police in Rhode Island was not volun tary. Other confessions, subsequently made, could…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. CastelliSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1917
  2. State v. WillisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
  3. Fisk's Appeal From Doings of CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
  4. State v. GuastamachioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
  5. State v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1946

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. State v. JamesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  4. State v. FrazierSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
  5. Boulden v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965

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