Legal Opinion
State v. Wright
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 14, 1986No. 11545PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
On April 30, 1981, at about 1 p.m. Andrew Ragland was stabbed to death on Hawkins Street in Waterbury. The defendant, William Toby Wright, Sr., was accused of committing the stabbing and was charged in a two-part indictment with manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (1)1 and with being a persistent dangerous felony offender in violation of General Stat*275utes (Rev. to 1981) § 53a-40 (a).2 The defendant was found guilty by a jury of manslaughter in the first degree as charged in the first part of the indictment. He was later found to be a persistent…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Morris W. Gordon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- State v. PiskorskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Kellems v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
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3Cited by52 opinions
- State v. HinesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. HollowaySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Gargliano v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
- State v. BovaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
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