Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 18, 1995No. 15130PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKatz, J.
The principal issue on appeal is whether under the facts of this case, the defendant, charged with capital felony in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54b (3), was entitled to be tried in a bifurcated proceeding. We hold that he was so entitled and reverse the judgment of conviction.
The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. At approximately 7 a.m. on October 17, 1990, Bonaventura Console, a facility supervisor for the city of New Haven who lived on Howard Avenue, saw the defendant walking toward an automobile parked across the street from Console’s home. A white male, later…
2Cases cited72 opinions
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- Rewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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