Legal Opinion
State v. Coleman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 22, 1997No. SC 15515PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MCDONALD, J.
The sole issue raised in this certified appeal is whether, under the circumstances of this case, the trial court improperly admitted into evidence testimony concerning four knives, as well as the knives themselves as the Appellate Court concluded. The defendant, Charles Coleman, was convicted after a jury trial of burglary in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-101 (a) (2), burglary in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-102 (a), sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1985) § 53a-70 (a), and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. PrioleauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. KulmacSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. DeMatteoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. WeinbergSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
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3Cited by59 opinions
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