Smith v. State

141 Conn. 202 (1954)

FRANCIS C. SMITH

v.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Argued March 2, 1954.

Decided April 20, 1954.

INGLIS, C. J., BALDWIN, O'SULLIVAN, WYNNE and DALY, JS.

Joseph G. Shapiro, with whom were Melvin M. Dichter and Milton H. Belinkie, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Lorin W. Willis, state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

INGLIS, C. J.

The plaintiff was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Grover S. Hart at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich in the early morning of Saturday, July 23, 1949. Upon appeal that conviction was sustained. State…