Legal Opinion
State v. Sotomayor
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided January 16, 2001No. AC 20518PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ZARELLA, J.
The defendant, Herminio Sotomayor, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after *366a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).1 On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) admitted into evidence for substantive purposes prior inconsistent written statements of a witness, (2) refused to instruct the jury on manslaughter in the second degree pursuant to General Statutes § 53a-56 (a) (l),2 and (3) declined to instruct the jury that the use of a deadly weapon in some circumstances may be evidence of extreme indifference…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- California v. TybergSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- State v. WhistnantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. NewsomeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- State v. RasmussenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. SolekConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. ThompsonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
- State v. SmithConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. SotomayorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
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