Legal Opinion
State v. Brown
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 20, 1982PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpeziale, C. J.
The defendant, Larry Brown, was convicted by a jury of two counts of robbery in the second degree in violation of General Statutes §53a-135 (a) (2). From the judgment rendered on the verdict, the defendant has appealed, claiming that the trial court erred: (1) in admitting into evidence a written statement of an accomplice which was hearsay and prejudicial; (2) in failing to charge the jury to view with caution the testimony of an accomplice; and (3) in allowing identification testimony which was tainted by an unnecessarily suggestive show-up. We find no reversible error.
The jury could have…
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