State v. Rathbun
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Indictment for murder in the first degree, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Elmer, J. ; verdict and judgment of guilty of murder in the second degree, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The record discloses twenty-three distinct reasons of appeal. Of these, nineteen are pursued in the defendant’s brief. All of these save one relate to the charge. This one complains of the action of the court in denying the request of counsel for the privilege of examining a certain notebook in the hands of a witness for the State. The claim is formulated in the defendant’s brief as one to examine memoranda used by a witness while testifying to refresh his recollection, and reference is made to accepted authority that such memoranda must be shown to the adverse party, if he requires it, and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- State v. BassermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1886
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