Legal Opinion
State v. Vega
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided March 17, 1998No. AC 16850PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DALY, J.
The defendant, Fundador Vega, appeals
from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).1 The defendant claims that the trial court *180improperly (1) failed to charge the jury on the lesser included offenses of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (3),* 2 manslaughter in the second degree in violation of § 53a-56 (a) (l),3 and criminally negligent homicide in violation of General Statutes § 53a-58 (a),4 (2) admitted into evidence hearsay statements of the victim, and (3)…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- State v. WhistnantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. GrahamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- State v. FigueroaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. BramanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. CooperSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. StevensonConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- State v. GreenConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. RolliConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- State v. McPheeConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
- State v. CollinsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
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