Legal Opinion
State v. Pittman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 17, 1989No. 13197PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The defendant, John Pittman, was charged in an information with the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).1 The charge arose out of the homicide of the defendant’s *598wife, Gloria Pittman, who was stabbed to death in her automobile on October 13,1985, in Hartford. Her skeleton was later discovered in the Mill River in New Haven on April 5,1986. The defendant pled not guilty to the charge and was tried and convicted by a jury. The trial court subsequently sentenced the defendant to a term of imprisonment of sixty years.
The defendant, on appeal, has raised three claims of…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by52 opinions
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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