Legal Opinion
State v. Chesney
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 23, 1974PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLoiselle, J.
The defendant, Archie Chesney, was indicted by a grand jury for the crime of murder in the first degree in that he “wilfully, deliberately, with premeditation and malice aforethought did shoot and kill one Bobert Lubas, in violation of Section 53-9 of the Connecticut General Statutes.” A jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. The defendant has appealed, assigning error in the court’s rulings on evidence and in its refusal to direct a verdict for the defendant.
As there is no attack on the charge, the offers of proof included in the finding were unnecessary. The jury…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Grunewald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
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3Cited by48 opinions
- State v. AshermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- State v. PiskorskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. ReedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- State v. RallsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
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