Legal Opinion

State v. Marra

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided June 1, 1992No. 13965PublishedCited by 77 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.

This appeal concerns several issues arising out of the criminal trial of the defendant, Thomas E. Marra, Jr. The state charged the defendant with the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a)1 in connection with the death of Alex Palmieri on February 6, 1984. Following the defendant’s conviction, the court sentenced him to a term of sixty years imprisonment. He appealed to this court under General Statutes § 51-199 (b) (3).2 We affirm the judgment.

The jury could reasonably have found the following facts principally from the testimony of Nicholas Byers and Frank Spetrino,…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
  5. State v. PiskorskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979

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3Cited by77 opinions

  1. State v. MoralesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  2. State v. GreenfieldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
  3. State v. FigueroaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  4. State v. NewsomeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  5. State v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993

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