Legal Opinion

State v. Jenkins

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided April 8, 1969PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKing, C. J.

The defendant, after a trial to the jury, was convicted of committing, with a knife, an aggravated assault on his wife, in violation of General Statutes § 53-16.

Only two assignments of error are pursued in the brief, each of which involves a ruling on evidence. The state had offered evidence to prove that the defendant and his wife had been living apart for about two years; that on the evening of January 16, 1967, the defendant came to the hall outside his wife’s second-floor apartment and remained there from about 8 o’clock until 11 o’clock; that the wife asked him to leave, but instead of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. Franz ByrdCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
  2. United States v. Charles W. DeatonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
  3. Heating Acceptance Corporation v. PattersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
  4. State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
  5. State v. WaltersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. State v. BoscarinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
  2. State v. EspositoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
  3. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
  4. State v. ManningSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
  5. State v. McCallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982

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