Legal Opinion
State v. O'Neil
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 23, 2002No. SC 16177PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ZARELLA, J.
The defendant, Caesar O’Neil, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of minder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a.*511 The defendant claims that the trial court improperly: (1) delivered a Chip Smith instruction2 that, by its language, was coercive upon minority view members of the jury;3 and (2) admitted into evidence information regarding two unrelated criminal matters that were pending at the time of his trial. We find no impropriety in either of the trial court’s actions and, therefore, affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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2Cases cited87 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Lowenfield v. PhelpsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- People v. PrimIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by40 opinions
- State v. LedbetterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
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- State v. NashSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- Monti v. WenkertSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
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