Legal Opinion

State v. Fair

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided November 27, 2007No. AC 28464PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

GRUENDEL, J.

The defendant, Marcus Fair, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury *521trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a1 and criminal possession of a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-217 (a) (l).2 He alleges instructional impropriety and evidentiary error. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. In the late evening of January 13, 2004, Dwayne Knowlin and Joshua Mims left Knowlin’s home on Nelson Street in Hartford to get something to eat. As they walked home, the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. AvisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
  2. State v. ColtherstSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
  3. State v. ButlerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
  4. State v. SaiaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
  5. State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Fair v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2021

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