Legal Opinion
State v. Tomassi
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 18, 1950PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
The defendant and Joseph Celso were jointly indicted for murder in the first degree for the killing of Samuel S. Kahan during an attempted robbery. The defendant’s motion for a separate trial was granted. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and the defendant has appealed, assigning error in the court’s charge, rulings upon evidence and denial of his motion to set aside the verdict.
We summarize the facts which the state offered evidence to prove and claimed to have proved and which were uncontroverted by the defendant. Sometime prior to February 2, 1949, the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- People v. . KaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- State v. McDonoughSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- State v. GuilfoyleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- State v. WillisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
- Kinderavich v. PalmerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- State v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. VennardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
- State v. KylesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- State v. AnnunziatoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
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