Legal Opinion
State v. Colon
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 14, 1992No. 9809PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, J.
The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of manslaugh*233ter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (1). The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) restricted his cross-examination of the state’s witnesses about their involvement with illegal narcotics, (2) admitted as a prior inconsistent statement evidence that a state’s witness had been threatened, (3) instructed the jurors to reach a verdict after they had announced that they were deadlocked, (4) instructed the jury about the state’s burden of proof, and (5)…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1881
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. ZoravaliConnecticut Appellate Court · 1994
- State v. CrosbyConnecticut Appellate Court · 1994
- State v. WalkerConnecticut Appellate Court · 1994
- State v. CepedaConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- State v. OliverConnecticut Appellate Court · 1996
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