Legal Opinion
State v. Benite
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided April 8, 1986No. 3555PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHull, J.
The defendant was convicted, after a trial to a jury, of burglary in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-101 (a).1 The defendant now appeals from his judgment of conviction claiming that the trial court made two errors in its charge to the jury: (1) in failing to charge the jurors that they all had to agree on what specific type of conduct prohibited by General Statutes § 53a-í01 (a) the defendant committed; and (2) in commenting on the sufficiency of the evidence of one of the essential elements the state was required to prove. We find no error in either of the aspects of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- United States v. Franklin Delano GipsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Burch v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by30 opinions
- State v. JenningsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- State v. BaileySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- State v. FamigliettiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- State v. FlynnConnecticut Appellate Court · 1988
- State v. QuintanaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
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