Legal Opinion
State v. Guerra
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided October 29, 1963PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKing, C. J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction, after a trial to the conrt, of a violation of ^ 18-19 of the General Statutes as amended. 1
The material facts may be rather briefly summarized. On June 23, 1961, the defendant’s brother Carmine Guerra, who had been convicted of a crime and sentenced to a term in jail, began service of his sentence. Alexander Lucas, who was related by marriage to the Guerras, was one of the guards at the jail, and Sidney Rush was a senior guard. On June 23, Lucas told Rush that Carmine had been sentenced to jail, and Rush agreed with Lucas that on certain evenings,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. SulSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
- Hopkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
- State v. GaetanoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
- State v. KreminskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- State v. HusserSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- State v. AverySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
- State v. PascucciSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
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