Legal Opinion
State v. Jenkins
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 25, 2002No. AC 22200PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FOTI, J.
The defendant, Benjamin Jenkins, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-*51754a (a)1 and 53a-8,2 and two counts of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (5).3 The trial court imposed a total effective sentence of ninety years incarceration. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the court improperly denied his requests to dismiss his attorney and (2) prosecutorial misconduct deprived him of a fair trial. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The jury reasonably…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State v. OrellanaConnecticut Appellate Court · 2005
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- State v. WilliamsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
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