Legal Opinion
State v. Diggs
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 18, 1991No. 13876PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The defendant, James Diggs, was charged in an information with murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).1 He was convicted by a jury of the crime charged and was sentenced by the trial court to a term of imprisonment of forty-six years.
The charge arose out of an incident that occurred shortly after 1 o’clock in the morning on October 2, 1988, in front of 541 Gregory Street, Bridgeport. During an argument, the defendant, then sixteen years old, shot and killed the victim, twenty-six year old Frank Davis, with a single shot from a sawed-off .22 caliber rifle.2 The defendant…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Batick v. SeymourSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- United States v. Dale Murray, Paul Leahey, Ronald Vanderbosch, Lawrence Tower, and Linton SherlockCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Anthony M. NATELLI and Joseph Scansaroli, Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Adrian Norman PaysenoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by28 opinions
- State v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. WhitfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. RiveraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- United States v. DesinorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- State v. BeltranSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
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