Legal Opinion
State v. Pharr
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided April 1, 1997No. 15501PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHealey, J.
The defendant, Bennie Pharr, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (4)1 and one count of a commission of a class A, B or C felony with a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53-202k.2 The conviction arose out of a robbery of a BP gas station in Bridgeport on May 13, 1995.
On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court (1) denied him his right to a fair trial under the United States and Connecticut constitutions by “gratuitously” instructing the jury to believe…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Bollenbach v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. HolmesConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. JonesConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- State v. LopesConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- Ambrogio v. Beaver Road AssociatesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. SmithConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
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