Legal Opinion
State v. Woods
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 11, 1990No. 8621PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, J.
The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of escape from custody in violation of General Statutes § 53a-171. The defendant claims that the trial court improperly refused to charge the jury on the defense of necessity and failed to instruct the jury on an element of escape from custody. We disagree and affirm the trial court’s judgment.
The jury could have reasonably found the following facts. On August 12,1988, the defendant was arrested in New Jersey and eventually brought to the Middle-sex county jail in Connecticut. He was transferred to the New Haven…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. KurvinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- People v. LovercampCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
- United States v. DohertyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- State v. AnthonyConnecticut Appellate Court · 1991
- State v. LeeConnecticut Appellate Court · 1993
- State v. L'MinggioConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
- State v. DickersonConnecticut Appellate Court · 1992
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