Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 10, 1952PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The plaintiff was convicted of murder in the first degree and appealed. The facts are fully stated in the opinion in State v. Smith, 138 Conn. 196, 82 A.2d 816. They will be repeated here only in so far as is necessary to present the issue on this petition for a new trial.
In the early morning of July 23, 1949, Grover S. Hart was shot and killed. About half-past one in the morning of the next day two New York state policemen discovered a gray Cadillac ear parked at the Hollywood Cafe in Brewster, New York. This car had been stolen in June, 1949. It was the one used in committing the crime. The…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- People v. . ShilitanoNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- Gannon v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
- Gonirenki v. American Steel & Wire Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
- People v. TallmadgeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Turner v. ScanlonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
- Taborsky v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- Rosenblatt v. BermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- Shabazz v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Skakel v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
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