Legal Opinion
State v. Donahue
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 9, 1954PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The defendant has appealed, after a trial to a jury, from his conviction on a charge of murder in the first degree. He assigns error in the refusal of the trial court to set aside the verdict, in the charge, in the finding, and in rulings made during the trial.
We shall consider first the denial of the motion to set aside the verdict. The jury could reasonably have found the following facts: On Friday, February 13, 1953, about 9 o’clock in the evening, Officer Ernest Morse of the Connecticut State Police was found lying in the westbound lane of the Merritt Parkway in the town of Trumbull. He…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1881
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- Andersen v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
- State v. WadeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
- State v. SimborskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
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3Cited by49 opinions
- United States v. Archie W. BrawnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- State v. SpigaroloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. VilalastraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- State v. ThurmanConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987
- State v. HinesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
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