Legal Opinion
State v. McCarthy
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 9, 1946PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The defendants, James J. McCarthy, Arthur Tommaselli and Raymond Lewie, were tried to the jury on an indictment charging them with murder in the first degree and were found guilty as charged. They have appealed from the denial of their motion to set aside the verdict and from the judgment.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts: The defendants were inmates of the state prison at Wethersfield. They planned to escape. The plan involved the “knocking out” of a guard they expected to find in the shop through which they intended to pass. In attempting to carry out their purpose,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- State v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- State v. CianfloneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- State v. CastelliSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1917
- Dunning v. Maine Central RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1897
- State v. BrauneisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- State v. WaltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Tough v. IvesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- State v. MunozSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. DiazSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
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