Legal Opinion
State v. Seravalli
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 8, 1983No. 10297), (10298PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpeziale, C. J.
These appeals were brought following a mistrial granted by the trial court at the defendants’1 request when the jury before which they were tried on conspiracy to commit arson, arson, and larceny charges2 became deadlocked. The defendants’ appeal raises only two substantial issues:3 (1) that the evidence was insufficient to convict them on any of the charges; and (2) that the trial court’s denial of their motion for judgment of acquittal placed the defendants twice in jeopardy in violation of the state and federal constitutions.4
*203On October 7, 1980, this court granted the state’s motion to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- DiBella v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- State v. KempSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
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3Cited by31 opinions
- State v. CurcioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. AillonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- In re Juvenile Appeal (85-AB)Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Ahneman v. AhnemanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- State v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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