Legal Opinion
State v. Adams
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided April 13, 1999No. AC 16738PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DALY, J.
The defendant, John C. Adams, Jr., appeals from the judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (3).1 The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) instructed the jury on his claim of self-defense, (2) denied his motion for a mistrial based on prosecutorial misconduct, (3) excluded as hearsay his statements to the police following his arrest and (4) concluded that the evidence was sufficient to support his conviction. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The jury reasonably…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- United States v. Gaetano ModicaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- State v. CoutureSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- State v. SharpeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. PrioleauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. SaucierSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- State v. JohnsonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
- Corbett v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
- State v. AponteConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. GibsonConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
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