Legal Opinion
State v. Belton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 28, 1983No. 9962PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrillo, J.
The defendant has appealed, after a trial to a jury, from his conviction of the crime of burglary in the first degree in violation of § 53a-101 (a) (1) of the General Statutes, 1 claiming error in (1) the trial court’s charge to the jury; and (2) in the trial court’s refusal to grant his motion for judgment of acquittal. 2
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts: At approximately midnight on the night of October 25-26,1978, the complaining victim, a twenty-four year old female at the time of the incident, was watching television in the bedroom of her first floor apartment in…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Fahy v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. RuizSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. AvcollieSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
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3Cited by79 opinions
- Catz v. RubensteinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- State v. EllisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. CobbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- State v. FrankoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- State v. MilumSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
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