Legal Opinion
State v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 1, 1986No. 12484PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue on this appeal is whether the trial court’s finding of probable cause that the defendant had committed the crime with which he *324was charged, made at a preliminary hearing mandated by article first, § 8, of the Connecticut constitution as amended,1 is reviewable on appeal after the defendant’s subsequent conviction. The defendant, Jerry Mitchell, was convicted of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c,2 and sentenced to imprisonment for forty years. He appeals from that judgment.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. During the early…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Malley v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by58 opinions
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. JohnSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. GreenfieldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. NewsomeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- State v. OrtizSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
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