Legal Opinion
State v. Sierra
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 9, 1990No. 13413; 13414PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHull, J.
These appeals raise two principal issues: (1) the admissibility at trial of evidence concerning a prior robbery allegedly committed by the defendants; and (2) the constitutionality of allowing, in a joint trial, one defendant to call a codefendant as a witness. After a joint jury trial, the defendants, David Collie and Edwin *424Sierra, were found guilty of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (3),1 larceny in the second degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-119 and 53a-123 (a) (l),2 kidnapping in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by67 opinions
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