Legal Opinion
State v. Jaynes
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 23, 1994No. 13074PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, J.
The defendant appeals1 from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a,2 and possession of a firearm without a permit in violation of General Statutes § 29-35.3 On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the trial court improperly found that testimony regarding alleged attempts by police officers to bribe defense witnesses was inadmissible hearsay, (2) the trial court improperly refused to give an addict-informant instruction, (3) the trial court improperly instructed the jury regarding reasonable doubt and the *544presumption of…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. KurvinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. SharpeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. WaltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. WilliamsConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
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- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
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