Legal Opinion
State v. Simmons
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 22, 2025No. SC20846PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Page 82 CONNECTICUT LAW JOURNAL July 22, 2025 556 JULY, 2025
352 Conn. 556
State v. Simmons STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ROBERT C. SIMMONS (SC 20846) Mullins, C. J., and D’Auria, Ecker, Alexander, Dannehy and Bright, Js. Syllabus Convicted of murder, home invasion, and burglary in the first degree, the defendant appealed to this court. The defendant claimed, inter alia, that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that the trial court had improperly declined to instruct the jury on his third-party culpability defense. Held: The state presented sufficient evidence to satisfy its…
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