Legal Opinion
State v. Sinclair
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 12, 1985No. 12035PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The dispositive issue on this appeal is whether the trial judge erred in failing to instruct the jury, as General Statutes § 54-84 (b)1 requires, that the jury may draw no unfavorable inferences from the defendant’s failure to testify in his own behalf. After a trial to a jury, the defendant, John Sinclair, was convicted of burglary in the second degree, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-102,2 and was sentenced to imprisonment for eight years.
*576In his appeal from this conviction, the defendant raises four claims of error: (1) that the evidence presented was insufficient to support the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Carter v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- State v. StepneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. KurvinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
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3Cited by142 opinions
- State v. HinckleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. PrioleauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. PinnockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- State v. FlemingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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