Legal Opinion
State v. Rogers
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 27, 1956PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWynne, J.
The defendant has appealed, after a trial to a jury, from his conviction on a charge of murder in the first degree. He was charged under § 8350 of the General Statutes with the shooting and killing of Dorothy Kennedy in the perpetration of a robbery of the package store operated by her and her husband, Joseph Kennedy, in West Haven. No recommendation for mercy having been made by the jury, the defendant was sentenced to the punishment of death. He has assigned error in sixteen particulars having to do with his trial. In brief and argument his counsel have grouped them in four categories. As…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- People v. BossCalifornia Supreme Court · 1930
- State v. LeopoldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- State v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- State v. DonahueSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
- State v. ZukauskasSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1945
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Cicenia v. LagaySupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- State v. PiskorskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. RuizSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
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