Legal Opinion
State v. Rollinson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 2, 1987No. 12814PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issues on this appeal are the validity of the information charging the defendant, Jeffrey Rollinson, with having committed the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a,1 and the admissibility at his trial of inculpatory statements that he made while he was a patient in a hospital alcohol detoxification unit. The trial court, after a jury verdict of guilty as charged, sentenced the defendant to *643incarceration for a term of twenty-five years. The defendant has appealed on multiple grounds. We find no error.
The jury could properly have found the following facts. On…
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