Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 15, 1989No. 13441PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHull, J.
The defendant, William Smith, was charged with murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a)1 and conspiracy to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-482 and 53a-54a (a). His first trial *595ended in a mistrial when the jury was unable to reach a verdict. In a second trial, a jury found the defendant guilty of both murder and conspiracy to commit murder. From this judgment the defendant appeals, claiming that the trial court erred in: (1) charging the jury that the defendant could be found guilty of murder on an accessory theory of liability; (2) failing to charge the jury…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Luce v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- United States v. Franklin Delano GipsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- State v. WhistnantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
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3Cited by47 opinions
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1994
- State v. RasmussenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. CorreaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- State v. FamigliettiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- State v. RamosSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
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