Legal Opinion

State v. Edwards

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided April 21, 1987No. 4265PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDaly, J.

After a jury trial in which two unrelated criminal matters were joined, the defendant was convicted of the second matter, burglary in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-103 and criminal attempt to commit larceny in the sixth degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 and 53a-125b. On appeal from the judgments of conviction, he claims that the trial court erred (1) in failing to sever the two cases, (2) in improperly instructing the jury as to the *505burglary charge in the second matter, and (3) in denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial based on newly…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
  4. United States v. Franklin Delano GipsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. Burch v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  2. State v. BaileySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
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  4. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  5. State v. MancinoneConnecticut Appellate Court · 1988

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