Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 12, 2000No. AC 20043PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LAVERY, C. J.
The defendant, Charles Williams, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53U-217.1 The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) denied his motion to suppress, (2) denied his motion for judgment of acquittal because there was insufficient evidence to allow the jury to find that the firearm possessed by the defendant was operable and (3) refused to give a jury instruction on the defense of nonexclusive possession. We agree with the trial court’s denial of the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. SivriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. FigueroaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- William Evans and Josephine Evans v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- State v. OrtizSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. OrtizConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
- State v. SmithConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. BarlowConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
- State v. ArceniegaConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
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