Legal Opinion
State v. Littlejohn
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 13, 1986No. 12159; 12304PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArthur H. Healey, J.
The principal issue on this appeal is whether the trial court could properly have *633accepted the defendant’s plea to a substitute information charging a crime on which the statute of limitations had run. On December 7, 1982, the defendant, Robert Littlejohn, was indicted by a grand jury for the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. On May 19, 1983, after a trial to the jury, the defendant was found guilty of murder and sentenced on June 21,1983, to eighteen years to life. This appeal followed.1
Certain additional background circumstances are properly set out at this point.…
2Cases cited60 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. LovascoSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by57 opinions
- State v. PearsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. JohnSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. GarvinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- State v. FigueroaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
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