Legal Opinion
State v. Cruz
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided March 11, 2003No. AC 22575PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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DRANGINIS, J.
The defendant, Rolando Cruz, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (l).1 On appeal, the defendant claims (1) that the trial court improperly instructed the jury on the issue of self-defense and (2) that the state failed to adduce evidence sufficient to disprove that he was acting in self-defense. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The jury reasonably could have found that following facts. On a Thursday evening in late July, 1999, the defendant went to…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. SchiappaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- State v. CorchadoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. WhipperSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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3Cited by19 opinions
- State v. CruzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. HolmesConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- In re Victoria B.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- State v. VazquezConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- State v. MaskiellConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
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