Legal Opinion
State v. Dontigney
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 17, 1990No. 13693PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCovello, J.
This is the defendant’s appeal from his conviction, after a jury trial, of one count of the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a.1 The issues on appeal are: (1) whether the trial court properly admitted evidence of an out-of-court experiment concerning the distance from the gun to the victim at the time of firing; and (2) whether the trial court properly admitted into evidence photographs of the experimental targets and a chart summarizing the test results. We conclude that the evidence was properly admitted and, therefore, affirm the conviction.
The jury could reasonably…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- People v. DurrantCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
- State v. VennardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
- DiPalma v. WiesenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Siladi v. McNamaraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- State v. WoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. SwintonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- Martins v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1994
- State v. KirkerConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- Dontigney v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2005
- People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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