Legal Opinion
State v. Tatum
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 30, 1991No. 13999PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShea, J.
The defendant, Edgar Tatum, was charged in an information with one count of murder in violation of General Statutes § BSa-SAa1 and one count of assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (2).2 At trial, the jury returned a guilty verdict on the murder charge, but failed to return a verdict on the assault charge.3 The defendant was subsequently sentenced to a term of sixty years for the *723murder conviction. He appeals from that conviction, claiming that the trial court improperly: (1) allowed the admission of an in court identification of the defendant after an…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- United States v. Melvin TelfaireCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by119 opinions
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