Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 8, 1987No. 13063PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issues on this appeal are the validity of the defendant’s waiver of a trial by jury and the constitutionality of General Statutes § 53a-167a,1 which proscribes interfering with a police officer. The trial court found the defendant, Michael D. Williams, guilty on both counts of a substitute information charging him with burglary in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-1022 and interfering with an officer by resisting arrest in violation of General Statutes § 53a-167a. He appeals from the ensuing judgment sentencing him to a term of imprisonment of seven years…
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