Legal Opinion
State v. Preyer
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 31, 1985No. 11790PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this case is the propriety of an instruction to the jury that cohabitation was not a defense to the crime of sexual assault. The defendant, William Preyer, appeals from a judgment sentencing him to a term of eight years imprisonment upon his conviction, after a trial to a jury, of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a),1 of kidnapping in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-942 and of assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-61.3 We find error only in the conviction for sexual…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Henderson v. KibbeSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
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3Cited by72 opinions
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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- State v. DaySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
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