Legal Opinion
State v. Shockley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 21, 1982No. 10503PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArthur H. Healey, J.
The issue on this appeal, as framed by the defendant, is whether the defendant Ricky Shockley was denied any federal or state constitutional right, statutory right or right prescribed by rule of court to be tried by a jury where he has been tried by a court after the trial judge accepted his election of a court trial without first advising him that he had an absolute right to be tried by a jury.1
*699In order to pnt this issue in context certain factual circumstances must he set out. On July 24, 1978, the defendant was arrested and charged in a three count information with kidnapping in the second…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by45 opinions
- State v. BoscarinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. CobbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- State v. StoddardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Johnson v. MansonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. PattersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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