Legal Opinion
State v. Torrence
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 11, 1985No. 12537PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
This is an appeal, after certification, from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a conviction despite an inaccurate jury instruction on the statutory defense of insanity. In the trial court, the defendant, Booker T. Torrence, was convicted of three counts of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134, one count of possession of a sawed-off shotgun in violation of General Statutes § 53-211, one count of assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53-61, and one count of kidnapping in the second degree in violation of General Statutes §…
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