Legal Opinion
State v. Truppi
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 16, 1980PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCotter, C. J.
After a trial to the jury the defendant was convicted on a four count information of the crimes of sexual assault in the first degree, General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (2); assault in the first degree, General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1); robbery in the first degree, General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (1); and kidnapping in the second degree, General Statutes § 53a-94 (a). The court imposed separate sentences under each count, to run consecutively. The defendant claims error in an instruction on intent and in the consecutive sentences for assault and robbery.
The jury could reasonably have found the…
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