Legal Opinion
State v. Brown
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 7, 1990No. 7023PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connell, J.
The defendant was charged in a substitute information with the crime of murder, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a). Following a jury trial, he was convicted of the lesser included offense of manslaughter in the first degree, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (1). On appeal he claims the trial court made improper evidentiary rulings and gave an incorrect instruction on self-defense. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. At about 3:15 a.m. on December 21, 1986, the defendant, who was highly intoxicated, arrived at…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- State v. GoldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. HernandezSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. BramanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- State v. WilliamsConnecticut Appellate Court · 1991
- State v. TysonConnecticut Appellate Court · 1990
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