State v. Ralls

167 Conn. 408 (1974)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT

v.

JOHN W. BALLS

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Argued October 1, 1974.

Decision released December 31, 1974.

HOUSE, C. J., SHAPIRO, LOISELLE, MACDONALD and BOGDANSKI, JS.

John R. Williams, for the appellant (defendant).

Ernest J. Diette, Jr., assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Arnold Markle, state's attorney, and Richard P. Sperandeo, chief assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

LOISELLE, J.

The defendant, John W. Ralls, was indicted by a grand jury for the crime of murder in the first degree in that he "wilfully,…