Legal Opinion
State v. Cole
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 15, 1998No. AC 17617PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FOTI, J.
The defendant, Donald Cole, appeals from the judgment of conviction, following a juiy trial, of one count of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).1 Following his conviction, the trial court *314sentenced the defendant to a total effective term of sixty years imprisonment. On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court violated his due process rights by failing to require the state to disprove his insanity defense beyond a reasonable doubt. The defendant also claims that the trial court improperly (1) refused to instruct the jury that the “wrongfulness”…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Leland v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Secondino v. New Haven Gas Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- State v. JoynerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. OrhanConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- State v. RolliConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- State v. ValinskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- State v. TorelliConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
- State v. ColemanConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
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