State v. Klein
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Indictment for murder in the first degree, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Warner, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty of murder in the second degree, from which Klein and Bessler, two of the five accused, appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The accused, five in number, were tried together upon a joint indictment charging them with murder in the first degree. Two of them, Bessler and Klein, duly filed motions for separate trials, and they assign, as error, the denial of these motions. Our rule is settled. A motion for a separate trial is addressed to the sound discretion of the court, and its decision will not be reversed unless there has been an abuse of judicial discretion. A separate trial will be ordered where the defenses of the accused are antagonistic, or where evidence will be introduced against one which will not be…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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