Legal Opinion
State v. Byrd
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 17, 1994No. 11365PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFoti, J.
The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (l).1 The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) failed to instruct the jury on the motivation of the state’s witness as a complaining witness and a possibly culpable party, (2) instructed the jury on the duty to retreat, and (3) admitted into evidence the defendant’s statement to the police. He also alleges that there was insufficient evidence to allow the jury to find his defense of self-defense disproved beyond a…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Colorado v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. PinnockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- State v. TatumSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- State v. CooperSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. LapointeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- State v. SmithConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
- State v. DowneyConnecticut Appellate Court · 1997
- State v. SinchakConnecticut Appellate Court · 1997
- State v. ByrdSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
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