Legal Opinion
State v. Westberry
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided March 19, 2002No. AC 21734PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FOTI, J.
The defendant, Troy Westberry, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial, of the crime of murder in violation of General *624Statutes § 53a-54a.1 On appeal, the defendant claims that the court (1) improperly admitted into evidence certain testimony under the spontaneous utterance exception to the rule against hearsay and (2) misled and confused the jury when it instructed the jury regarding the essential elements of intent and proximate cause. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. The…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. SchiappaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- State v. WhipperSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. BolesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- State v. NelsonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
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