State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Indictment for murder in the first degree, in killing Daniel I. Hayes; in the Superior Court for New Haven County; tried to the jury on the plea of not guilty, before Park, C. J. Verdict guilty of murder in the first degree and motion by the prisoner for a new trial for errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Culver, J.*
The accused asks for a new trial on various grounds, which will be considered in their order.
1. Because the court below overruled his challenges for cause, to the two jurors, Pickett and Dibble.
We think the rulings were justified by the cases of Wilson v. The State, 38 Conn., 126, and Hoyt v. The State, 47 Conn., 530, and cases there cited. Both jurors stated, as the record shows, that though they had formed some opinion from what they had heard, yet they had formed none that would require evidence to remove, or which would prevent them from trying the case fairly, unbiassed by any…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Philadelphia & Trenton Railroad v. StimpsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- State v. HoytSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1880
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
- Murphy v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
- Washington County Insurance v. ColtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1857
3Cited by171 opinions
- Hill v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. PinnockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- State v. PeelerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- United States v. Darwin Clark BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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