Legal Opinion
State v. Brokaw
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 27, 1981PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPakskey, J.
The defendant has appealed his conviction of attempted assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 and 53a~59 (a) (1) 1 rendered pursuant to a jury verdict of guilty. On appeal he raises two claims of error: (1) the admission into evidence of certain hearsay statements and (2) the jury instructions which improperly shifted the burden of proof on the element of intent.
The jury could have reasonably found the following facts from the evidence produced at trial: Several members of the Southington police department sought to apprehend the defendant on October 18,1976.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. VennardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
- State v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- State v. ArroyoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. MaggardArizona Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by32 opinions
- State v. AmarilloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- State v. StankowskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
- State v. MasonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. AlvarezSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
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