Legal Opinion
State v. Singleton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 28, 2009No. SC 17795PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ZARELLA, J.
The state appeals, on the granting of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court reversing the conviction of the defendant, Ronald M. Singleton, of manslaughter in the first degree.1 The Appellate Court concluded that the trial court failed to instruct the jury properly on self-defense by removing from its consideration the disputed factual issue of *737whether the defendant had used deadly or nondeadly physical force during an altercation with the victim, Leonard Cobbs, that resulted in the victim’s death. State v. Singleton, 97 Conn. App. 679, 687, 905 A.2d 725…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Mathews v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- State v. SalamonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- State v. PrioleauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. PeelerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Perez-Dickson v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2012
- State v. CollinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
- State v. EbronSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- State v. Rodriguez-RomanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- State v. OuelletteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2012
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