Legal Opinion
State v. Clark
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 29, 1969No. File No. CR 14-66038PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacobs, J.
The information charged the defendant with the crime of cruelty to persons in violation of § 53-20 of the General Statutes. The jury having returned a verdict of guilty, judgment was rendered on the verdict.
We shall first consider the denial of the motion to set aside the verdict as against the law and the evidence. “The only question which can be raised by such a motion is the legal sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.” King v. Travelers Ins. Co., 123 Conn. 1, 3. The defendant has filed the evidence to support the assignment. Practice Book § 960.
The jury could reasonably have…
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