State v. Rinaldi

Defendant makes two basic contentions: (1) The evidence is not sufficient to establish that he was in any way responsible for his wife’s death; and (2) he is, in any event, because of prejudicial error occurring during the trial, entitled to have another jury pass on his guilt or innocence.

The evidence is sufficient for a jury to find these facts: Defendant and Deceased were raised in Waterbury, Connecticut. Their acquaintance dated from high school daj^s. Defendant took her to the Senior Prom.

Defendant, a graduate student in English at Chapel Hill, was, in 1963, 33 years of age; Deceased was…