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STATE v. BUTEAU

136 Conn. 113 (1949)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JAMES BUTEAU

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided August 16, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip R. Pastore, special public defender, and William T. Holleran, assistant special public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Abraham S. Ullman, state's attorney, with whom was Arthur T. Gorman, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

MALTBIE, C. J., BROWN, ELLS, DICKENSON AND ALCORN, JS.

MALTBIE, C. J.

The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree and has appealed to this court. The state claimed: On October 25, 1946, the manager of a store in Meriden, James A. Leach, was killed. The defendant and Albert Berard had entered the store just before closing time with the intent to secure the proceeds of that day's sales; they concealed themselves on a lower floor near a rear door until it was locked; they then proceeded to a room on an upper...

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