Legal Opinion
State v. James
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 16, 1999No. SC 15932; SC 15933PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NORCOTT, J.
This opinion addresses two appeals. The principal issues in these appeals are whether, with respect to a judgment of conviction, there was sufficient evidence adduced at the trial from which the jury reasonably could have found the defendant guilty of robbery in the first degree, and whether the state is barred by the double jeopardy clause of the fifth amendment to the United States constitution,1 or by the principles of collateral estoppel, from retrying the defendant for felony murder after the jury found the defendant guilty of robbery, but could not decide unanimously…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- United States v. PerezSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Wade v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Illinois v. SomervilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Richardson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Dreyer v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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3Cited by22 opinions
- State v. PeelerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. TateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. BarnettConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- State v. AlvarezSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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