Legal Opinion
State v. Walters
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 28, 1958PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKnre, J.
The accused was convicted of murder in the first degree committed in the perpetration of a robbery upon the decedent, Dorothy E. Cahill. The verdict contained a recommendation, under the provisions of § 3266d of the 1955 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes, that the punishment should be imprisonment for life.
The assignments of error pressed in the brief cover certain instructions supplemental to the basic charge, certain rulings on evidence and a claim that the foregoing statute is unconstitutional.
The basic charge, to which no exceptions were taken, was completed about 3 p.m. on…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1881
- State v. HoytSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1880
- Winston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Winston v. United States. Strather v. Same. Smith v. SameSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
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3Cited by62 opinions
- McGautha v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Hill v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- In Re AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- State v. EllisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. MorrillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
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