Legal Opinion

State v. Serrano

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided September 6, 2005No. AC 24328PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

DRANGINIS, J.

The defendant, Richard Serrano, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a juiy trial, of attempt to commit burglary in the second degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 (a) (2)1 and 53a-102.2 On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) he was deprived of a fair trial due to prosecutorial misconduct, (2) there was insufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and (3) the trial court failed to instruct the jury properly. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
  2. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
  3. State v. StevensonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  4. State v. SinghSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
  5. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. SchiavoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
  2. State v. YoungsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
  3. State v. RamirezConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
  4. State v. BlangoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
  5. State v. ManerConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014

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