Legal Opinion
State v. Palmer
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 12, 1986No. 3125PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBieluch, J.
The defendant has appealed from the judgment rendered after his conviction by a jury of two counts of attempted murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-54a (a) and 53a-49. He claims as error (1) the trial court’s denial of his motion for acquittal based on the sufficiency of the evidence, and (2) its refusal to instruct the jury concerning lesser included offenses.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. On December 20,1980, Detective Robert Kwet and Officer Kathy Sheehan, then Kathy Kwet, police officers of the city of Bridgeport and formerly husband and wife, were…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. WhistnantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. BemberSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. FullerConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
- State v. NewbernCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1999
- State v. BarlettaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- State v. DullivanConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987
- State v. NewbernCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1999
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