Legal Opinion
State v. Lavorgna
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided September 4, 1981No. FILE NO. 1030PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShea, J.
The defendant was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of General Statutes § 14-227a and of disorderly conduct in violation of General Statutes § 53a-182 after a jury trial. In this appeal from the judgment the defendant claims error (1) in the admission of certain statements made by him to the police soon after the arrest; (2) in the trial court’s failure in its charge to the jury to restrict the broad language of the disorderly conduct statute in such a way as to preclude a conviction for constitutionally protected speech; (3)…
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