Legal Opinion
State v. Beckenbach
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 8, 1984No. (2006)PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBorden, J.
The defendant was convicted of the crimes of interfering with an officer in violation of General Statutes § 53a-167a (a) and breach of peace in violation of General Statutes § 53a-181 (a). He appealed, 1 claiming that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motions for continuance which were based on the unavailability of the counsel of his choice at the time of the trial, and claiming that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the convictions.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. At about 9:30 p.m. on June 10,1981, the defendant and his codefendant 2 were…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Morris v. SlappySupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by28 opinions
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. BeckenbachSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. FlynnConnecticut Appellate Court · 1988
- State v. BuhlSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2016
- State v. DuhanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
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