Legal Opinion
State v. Simborski
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 7, 1936PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBanks, J.
The accused shot and killed Walter Koella, a police officer of the city of New Haven, while the latter was attempting to apprehend him for theft and statutory burglary committed by him a short time previous on the same day. The indictment contained three counts, the first charging wilful, deliberate and premeditated murder, the second murder by lying in wait, and the third murder committed in perpetrating the crime of statutory burglary. The accused elected to be tried by the court and was found guilty under the first count and not guilty under the second and third counts.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- State v. FrostSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- State v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- People v. . HuterNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- State v. GilliganSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1918
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3Cited by45 opinions
- State v. McClainSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. HollidaySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
- State v. TuckerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
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