Legal Opinion
State v. Whiteside
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 21, 1961PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMellitz, J.
The defendant was charged, in an information containing twenty-three counts, with having published a series of libels in violation of what is now General Statutes § 53-174. Upon the trial to the jury, he was found guilty on four counts, and he has taken this appeal. His principal claims are that the information was fatally defective in that it lacked an allegation of malice; that the state failed to introduce evidence of actual malice in the publication of the alleged libels; that the state failed to prove that a breach of the peace resulted from the publication of the libels; and that a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Casalo v. ClaroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- Atwater v. Morning News Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- State v. GannonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- State v. AverySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1828
- Schmeltz v. TracySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
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3Cited by32 opinions
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Novella v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- State v. ManningSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- State v. VarsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1966
- Hopkins v. O'CONNORSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
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