Legal Opinion
State v. Carpenter
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 27, 1990No. 13630PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether the state presented sufficient evidence to justify a guilty verdict. The defendant Richard T. Carpenter was convicted by a jury of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a.1 Subsequently, he filed a motion for a judgment of acquittal, which was denied, and he was sentenced by the trial court to a prison term of fifty years.
The defendant’s appeal raises two issues, a substantive challenge of evidentiary insufficiency and a procedural challenge of voir dire irregularity. We find error as to the former but not as to the latter.
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2Cases cited41 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- State v. StepneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
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3Cited by89 opinions
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