Legal Opinion
State v. Dougherty
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided May 14, 1982No. FILE No. 1085PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury of the crime of interfering with an officer, in violation of General Statutes § bSa-lGla. He has appealed from the judgment rendered thereon, claiming as error the court’s instructions to the jury and its acceptance of the jury’s verdict.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts: On November 6, 1980, officer John Graves of the Groton town police was on duty and in full uniform when he was dispatched at about 3 a.m. to investigate a disturbance at the Melody Lounge. When his cruiser arrived at the scene, he observed a crowd of sixty to…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
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