Legal Opinion

State v. HELMEDACH

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided November 23, 2010No. AC 31420PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

GRUENDEL, J.

The defendant, Jennifer Helmedach, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c, conspiracy to commit robbery in the third degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48 and 53a-136, and robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly (1) declined to alleviate the juiy’s confusion regarding the statutory exception to the defense of duress by failing to define the term “situation,” as that term…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. State v. McKenzie-AdamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
  2. McKenzie-Adams v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. State v. RamosSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
  4. State v. FletcherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
  5. State v. DiggsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Helmedach v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016
  2. State v. RabindranauthConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
  3. State v. BellamySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2016
  4. State v. BellamySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2016
  5. State v. CarrasquilloConnecticut Appellate Court · 2019

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