Legal Opinion
State v. Downey
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 13, 1997No. AC 16446PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SPEAR, J.
The defendant appeals1 from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a.2 He claims that (1) there was insufficient evidence of the element of an intent to kill to sustain the guilty verdict, (2) the trial court improperly denied his motion to suppress statements, and (3) the trial court improperly admitted evidence that the defendant had acted in a threatening manner toward the victim in the weeks preceding the murder. We affirm the judgment of conviction.
The jury reasonably could have found the following…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Colorado v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. JanuszewskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
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3Cited by22 opinions
- State v. ColonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- Daniel v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
- State v. OteroConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- State v. StevensonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
- State v. WatsonConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
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