Legal Opinion
State v. Vinal
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 18, 1986No. 11055; 11062PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The dispositive issue in each of these appeals is whether the trial court erred in refusing to sever the joint trial of the two defendants. One defend*646ant, Daniel Vinal, Jr., was charged with murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a.1 The other defendant, James Avis, was charged with felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c.2 After a joint trial, the trial court accepted jury verdicts finding both defendants guilty as charged. The defendants appeal from these judgments.
*647The jury could reasonably have found the following facts concerning the incident that gave rise to…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- State v. StepneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- United States v. Ronald Berkowitz, Paul D'alessandro, Kevin Van Coughnett, Bisan Vafaie, and Wendall HowellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- State v. CoutureSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
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3Cited by48 opinions
- State v. WaltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1990
- State v. OrtizSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- State v. BoothSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- State v. MedinaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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