Legal Opinion
State v. Crafts
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 6, 1993No. 13886PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this criminal appeal is the sufficiency of largely circumstantial evidence to support a conviction of the crime of murder. The state charged the defendant, Richard B. Crafts, with having committed the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a,1 by killing his wife, Helle Crafts. After an earlier trial resulted in a mistrial because of the jury’s inability to arrive at a verdict, the state retried the defendant and a jury found him guilty of murder. The trial court then rendered a judgment sentencing the defendant to a term of fifty years imprisonment.…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Beck v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- State v. WhistnantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
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3Cited by80 opinions
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