Legal Opinion

State v. Perkins

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided June 23, 1959PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDaly, C. J.

These two appeals were combined by order of the trial court pursuant to the provisions of § 382 of the Practice Book. The defendants were charged with the crime of possession of burglar tools in the night season, in violation of § 8408 of the 1949 Revision (Rev. 1958, § 53-71) of the General Statutes. The defendant in the second case was charged with being a habitual offender.

The trial court found the following unchallenged, material facts: About 1:55 a.m. on August 12, 1957, the defendants were walking along the sidewalk on the south side of Capitol Avenue at Norman Street in Bridgeport.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Nixon v. GniazdowskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
  2. Investors Mortgage Co. v. SchiottSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
  3. Wilson v. Town of DarienSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
  2. Camp Isabella Freedman of Connecticut, Inc. v. Town of CanaanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
  3. Estevez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
  4. State v. NalesConnecticut Superior Court · 1968
  5. State v. GiorgioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975

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