Legal Opinion
State v. Preston
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 27, 1999No. SC 15814PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, C. J.
The defendant, John Preston, was charged in a substitute information with robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134.1 Following a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of the lesser included offense of robbery in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-136. 2 Thereafter, he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of five years.
The defendant subsequently appealed to the Appellate Court claiming, inter alia, that the trial court had failed to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of larceny in the sixth degree as…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- State v. WhistnantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. RasmussenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- United States v. Rodney SinclairCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- State v. TomaskoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. FullerConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. OrtizConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
- State v. MooreConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
- State v. SotomayorConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
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