Legal Opinion
State v. Oliver
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 23, 1970PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHouse, J.
The defendant was found guilty by a jury of the crime of robbery with violence in violation of § 53-14 of the General Statutes. He has appealed from the judgment, assigning error to several rulings of the court during the course of the trial and one to the court’s charge to the jury.
A preliminary brief recital of general facts is necessary to an understanding of the basis for the claims of error pressed by the defendant.
At about 7 p.m. on October 6, 1967, three men entered the Pepsi-Cola plant in Windsor and conversed with Omer Lessard, an employee, about the purchase of some Pepsi-Cola.…
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