Legal Opinion
State v. Luzzi
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 8, 1959PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMellitz, J.
The defendant and Gerald Cretella were convicted, after a trial to the jury, of conspiracy to commit the crime of rape. The defendant has appealed, assigning error in the denial of his motions to set aside the verdict and for a mistrial, in certain rulings on evidence, and in the allowance by the court of an amendment to the information.
The jury could have found the following facts: On March 11, 1958, at about 7:30 p.m., the complainant, then eighteen years old, was walking with a girl friend on Grand Avenue in New Haven when a car went by containing a group of young men, one of whom was the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Krulewitch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- DeCarufel v. Colonial Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- Neff v. NeffSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
- Fahey v. ClarkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
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3Cited by51 opinions
- State v. JanuszewskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. MoynahanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- State v. TaltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. ReedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
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