Legal Opinion
State v. Gaynor
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 16, 1980PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCotter, C. J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury of the crime of assault in the first degree in violation of § 53a-59 (a) (1) of the General Statutes, 1 and has appealed from the judgment on the verdict.
The defendant raises two issues on appeal; whether the court erred: (1) in denying the defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal based upon insufficiency of the evidence and (2) in limiting the defendant’s cross-examination of the state’s medical witness.
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From the evidence presented, the jury could have found the following facts. At approximately twelve midnight on November 2-3, 1978, Michael Gaynor…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Gordon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Ralph 'Whitey' Tropiano, Lawrence R. Pellegrino and William Grasso,defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by123 opinions
- State v. AshermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
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- State v. StankowskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
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- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
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