State v. Bissonnette
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Indictment for murder in the first degree, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty of murder in the second degree, and appeal by the accused. It was not disputed upon the trial that Demery, a brother-in-law of the defendant, was killed by a shot from a pistol in the latter’s hands.
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Indictment for murder in the first degree, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty of murder in the second degree, and appeal by the accused. It was not disputed upon the trial that Demery, a brother-in-law of the defendant, was killed by a shot from a pistol in the latter’s hands. The State offered evidence to prove that the shooting took place in the defendant’s kitchen in the presence of two of his daughters. The elder of these daughters, when called by the State, testified that she had always lived…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The court correctly refused to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial. There was evidence in support of all the facts necessary to sustain the verdict, and it was the jury’s province to weigh the evidence and say whether those facts were proven or not.
The claim that there was error in the court’s refusal to charge as requested is without foundation. The court charged all the defendant’s requests, except the third and sixth, in substance and practically in the language of the requests. The sixth was a request that the court should instruct the jury that certain facts should have great…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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