Legal Opinion
State v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided September 7, 1993No. 14604PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBerdon, J.
The defendant, Donald L. Chapman, was convicted by a jury of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (l)1 and sentenced to a term of fourteen years, execution suspended after seven years. The defendant appealed to the Appellate Court, claiming that the trial court had improperly instructed the jury that it could find him *618guilty of sexual assault in the first degree if it found that he had compelled sexual intercourse either by the use of force or by the threat of use of force. The state had not charged the defendant with having threatened to use force,…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Stromberg v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Griffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Moore v. GanimSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Metropolitan District Commission v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Council 4, Local 184Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- State v. AndersonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2005
- Skakel v. Comm'r of Corr.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2018
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