Legal Opinion
State v. Boone
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 21, 1988No. 5703; 5840PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNorcott, J.
After a trial to a jury, the defendant was found guilty of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1) and was acquitted of the charge of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134.
On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court erred (1) in failing to instruct the jury on the defendant’s requested defense of duress,1 (2) in permitting the state to question the defendant and to comment upon the defendant’s pretrial silence, (3) in admitting evidence of a pretrial identification of the defendant, (4) in denying the defendant’s…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State v. OehmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. HeinemannSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- State v. ScarpielloConnecticut Appellate Court · 1996
- State v. RiveraConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. WilliamsConnecticut Appellate Court · 1992
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