Legal Opinion
State v. Cardona
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 4, 1986No. 2781PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpallone, J.
The defendant was charged with the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. He was convicted, after a jury trial, of the lesser included offense of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1) and is appealing from the judgment of that conviction.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. On the evening of October 10,1982, the defendant went to Fannie’s Lost and Found Cafe, in Bridgeport. While there, he socialized with several individuals including the following: Willie Tolliver, the cafe’s bouncer; Barry Hopkins, who, along…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- United States v. PaynerSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- State v. WhistnantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- United States v. Nancy Reed and Morris Goldsmith, A/K/A "Marlowe,"Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by16 opinions
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