Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 4, 2003No. SC 16606PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NORCOTT, J.
The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether the Appellate Court, in affirming the defendant’s conviction of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a),1 properly determined that the trial *455court was not required to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (l).2 We conclude that the trial court was required to give the instruction and, accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the Appellate Court.
The defendant was charged with one count of murder in violation of § 53a-54a…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- State v. WhistnantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. SivriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. FalbySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. HerringSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
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3Cited by24 opinions
- State v. ColonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. TomlinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- Lin v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- Solek v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
- State v. SchultzConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
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