Legal Opinion
State v. Thomas
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 15, 1998No. AC 15740PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SCHALLER, J.
The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) permitted the state to exercise a peremptory challenge to remove a venireperson, (2) failed to instruct the jury that disbelief of the defendant’s testimony was not *371affirmative proof of the opposite and (3) instructed the jury on flight as evidence of consciousness of guilt. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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2Cases cited38 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- State v. PiskorskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- State v. KurvinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. HollowaySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. GreenConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. McCarthyConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
- State v. OrhanConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- State v. CepedaConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- State v. LepriConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
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