Legal Opinion
State v. Traub
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 18, 1962PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
The defendant, Robert B. Traub, was convicted of statutory arson. General Statutes §§ 53-82, 53-83. During the trial, three written confessions were admitted in evidence, each over Traub’s objection. The basic claims of error in this appeal relate to the admission in evidence of these confessions.
The validity of the court’s rulings admitting the confessions depends on the facts surrounding the making of the confessions. Although the case was tried to the jury, the facts with respect to the admissibility of the confessions are those found by the court, since it is settled that the preliminary…
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