Legal Opinion
State v. Monte
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 6, 1944PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, C. J.
The defendant has appealed from a judgment entered on a verdict finding him guilty of an aggravated assault. The information charged him with “making an assault upon Roger Birmingham with a deadly or dangerous weapon” in violation of § 6195 of the General Statutes. He requested the trial court to charge the jury that under the information they might find him guilty as charged or guilty of simple assault, but the court refused to do so, instructing them that they must find him guilty of aggravated assault or not guilty.
The state claimed to have proved that the defendant struck Birmingham on…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1881
- Simmons v. FishMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Pietrycka v. SimolanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- State v. LitmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
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3Cited by26 opinions
- State v. WhistnantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- United States v. ClarkUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1952
- State v. SawyerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. HallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
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