Legal Opinion
Waters v. Greer
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided April 17, 1964No. File No. CV 6-613-1446PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtJacobs, J.
The plaintiff, a sixteen-year-old unmarried female, filed in the Circuit Court a complaint charging the defendant with being the father of a bastard child born to her on February 28, *5811961. Under our procedure, the defendant is accorded a preliminary hearing in the Circuit Court (Gfeneral Statutes § 52-435, as amended by Public Acts 1959, Nos. 28 §128, 639 §3; see Pelak v. Karpa, 146 Conn. 370, 373) in order to determine whether “the prosecution appears to be wholly groundless, and without any color of probability.” 1 Swift, Digest (Rev. 1874) p. 44. The sole issue at such a preliminary…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. MuoloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
- United States v. Samuel RothCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- United States v. RebhuhnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Paranto v. BallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
- Pelak v. KarpaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. MasseConnecticut Appellate Court · 1968