Legal Opinion

State v. Anthony

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided December 28, 1976PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHouse, C. J.

The defendant was found guilty by a jury of twelve of violating § 19-481 (a) of the General Statutes by having in her possession or under her control a quantity of a narcotic drug—heroin. Although on this appeal she assigned and briefed several claims of error, at argument all but one of the assignments of error were abandoned. The only claim of error pressed is that the court erred in imposing an arbitrary time limit on the defendant’s voir dire examination of prospective jurors, without regard to the questions asked or the answers given.

At the commencement of the voir dire examination, a…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. HiggsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
  2. Robinson v. FaulknerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
  3. Duffy v. CarrollSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
  4. State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
  5. State v. Van ValkenburgSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. State v. StepneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
  2. State v. HaskinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
  3. State v. FritzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
  4. State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  5. State v. MarraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985

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