Legal Opinion
State v. Purvis
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 26, 1968PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHouse, J.
The defendant was charged with the crimes of rape and kidnapping. He was tried to the jury, found guilty of both offenses and has taken the present appeal from his conviction.
The state offered evidence from which the jury could properly find that the defendant first came upon the sixteen-year-old victim of his attack when he found her and her escort in a car which was stuck in mud on a road in Hamden late one evening. He offered the escort a ride into New Haven to get a tow truck. The girl was left in the car with instructions to stay in the car and lock all the doors until they returned. At…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Preston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Agnello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by34 opinions
- State v. TroupeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
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- State v. OuelletteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. BrigandiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. FrazierSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
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