Legal Opinion
State v. Wassil
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 16, 1995No. 15142PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this criminal appeal is whether the defendant could be convicted of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (3)1 for his role in delivering narcotics to a victim who subsequently injected the narcotics into his own body. In a two count information, *176the state alleged that the defendant, Nicholas J. Was-sil, had committed the crime of sale of narcotics in violation of General Statutes § 21a-2772 by providing “to another, to wit: David Groleau, a narcotic substance, to wit: HEROIN ...” and had committed the crime of manslaughter in…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- State v. AshermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Sanzone v. Board of Police CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- State v. WaltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- United States v. Walter Swiderski and Maritza De Los SantosCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Commonwealth v. CatalinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- State v. BrowneConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
- Lofthouse v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2000
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- State v. McMahonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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