Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 27, 1974PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCotter, J.
The defendant, Vernon Jones, on a jury trial was convicted of two counts of selling heroin in violation of § 19-480 (a) 1 of the General Statutes, and entered a plea of guilty to the second part of the original information charging him with the crime of being a second offender in violation of General Statutes § 54-118. A motion to set aside the verdict was denied by the trial court and from the judgment rendered thereon he has appealed, assigning error in the court’s failure to adopt a paragraph of his draft finding; in certain evidentiary rulings of the court; and in a portion of its charge…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Smith v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- District of Columbia v. ClawansSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- State v. BittingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
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3Cited by31 opinions
- State v. VitaleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. NardiniSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. MastropetreSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- State v. OuelletteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
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