Legal Opinion
State v. Walker
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 16, 1988No. 13034PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHull, J.
The defendant, Gregory Walker, appeals from his judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).1 He raises four claims of error on appeal: (1) the prosecutor’s comment on the defendant’s post-arrest silence; (2) the prosecutor’s comments on the defendant’s failure to testify; (3) the admission into evidence of photographs of the victim’s body; and (4) the insufficiency of the evidence to prove the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. We find no error.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. On February…
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