Legal Opinion
State v. Watlington
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 7, 1990No. 13775PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBorden, J.
The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a, and assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1). The defendant claims that: (1) the prosecutor’s comments during final argument were an appeal to the jurors’ passions and sympathies that denied him his state and federal constitutional rights to due process; (2) the trial court improperly instructed the jury that the trial was a “search for the truth”; and (3) the trial court improperly instructed the jury on an element of the…
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