State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Indictment for murder in the second degree; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried to the jury on the plea of not guilty, before Loomis, J. Verdict guilty, and motion for a new trial by the defendant for error in the charge of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The prisoner was on trial upon an indictment for murder in the second degree. His counsel requested the court to charge the jury, “ that if the jury find that the defendant was intoxicated at the time of the *586commission of the act alleged in the indictment, and was thereby in sncli a condition as to be unable to form a deliberate and premeditated purpose to kill any person, and was at the same time unconscious of the character and consequences of his acts, provided he had no deliberate or premeditated purpose to kill any person prior to his being intoxicated, then the jury cannot convict the…
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