Legal Opinion
State v. Braswell
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 28, 1984No. 10182PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpeziale, C. J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury of the crimes of unlawful restraint in the first degree; General Statutes § 53a-95; sexual assault in the first degree; General Statutes § 53a-70; and robbery in the second degree; General Statutes § 53a-135 (a) (2). On appeal from the judgment rendered, the defendant raises three claims of error. We find no error.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts: On the night of June 30,1977, the defendant was a patron of a restaurant in Windsor. Also in the restaurant that night was a woman who sat at the bar drinking beer. The woman left the bar…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- United States v. MauroSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Cuyler v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- State v. BittingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- State v. NardiniSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. ReedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
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3Cited by51 opinions
- State v. PinnockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- State v. HerringSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Johnson v. MansonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- David Andrew Birdwell v. Jack Skeen, Jr., Criminal District Attorney of Smith County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- State v. SaurisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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