Legal Opinion
State v. Byrd
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 20, 1995No. 14966PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
The defendant, Ralph Byrd, was convicted, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (l).1 *518He appealed from the trial court’s judgment to the Appellate Court. The Appellate Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court. State v. Byrd, 34 Conn. App. 368, 385, 641 A.2d 818 (1994). We granted the defendant’s petition for certification to consider whether the Appellate Court properly had concluded that: (1) the statutes governing the use of deadly physical force in self-defense had not incorporated any formerly existing common law right…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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