Legal Opinion
State v. Cox
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 25, 2009No. SC 18211PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VERTEFEUILLE, J.
The defendant, Willie Cox, appeals 1 from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of attempt to commit assault of a peace officer in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-167c 2 and 53a-49. 3 On appeal, the defendant claims that the state adduced insufficient evidence to sustain his conviction. We reverse the judgment of conviction.
The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. In the early afternoon of December 20, 2005, the New Alliance Bank on Quinnipiac Avenue in New Haven was robbed. Witnesses inside the bank claimed that the person who…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- State v. GreenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- State v. SilvaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- State v. TorresSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Attorney Grievance Commission v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2007
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. PettigrewConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- State v. HallConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- State v. CoyneConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- State v. GuzmanConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- State v. CARACOGLIAConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
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