Legal Opinion
State v. Jemison
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 2, 1994No. 12333PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connell, J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of escape in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-169 (a) (2).1 The dispositive issue is whether the trial court properly instructed the jury that the defendant could be found guilty of escape in the first degree if he failed to report to his supervising parole officer.2 We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. The defendant was a convicted felon serving a sentence in the custody of the commissioner of correction. Pursuant to General Statutes (Rev. to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- State v. ReidSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- State v. MarinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. LubusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- State v. LinaresConnecticut Appellate Court · 1993
3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. SieringConnecticut Appellate Court · 1994
- State v. WoodsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Tatem v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1995
- United States v. George TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995