Legal Opinion
State v. Santiago
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 27, 1997No. AC 15914PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FOTI, J.
The defendant appeals1 from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in *298violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).2 On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the evidence was insufficient to prove that he possessed the intent to cause the death of the victim, (2) the state failed to disprove that he was acting in self-defense, and (3) he was deprived of a fair trial by remarks made by the prosecutor in his closing argument. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On March 12, 1993, at…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. SivriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. GreenfieldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. MooreConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- State v. BondConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- Santiago v. StateConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. JacksonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
- Charlie Santiago v. State of ConnecticutConnecticut Superior Court · 1999
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