STATE v. HIGGS


143 Conn. 138 (1956)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JAMES HIGGS

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Greenberg of the New York bar and Peter Marcuse, with whom, on the brief, were Thurgood Marshall of the Maryland bar and Constance B. Motley of the New York bar, for the appellant (defendant).

Lorin W. Willis, state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

INGLIS, C. J., BALDWIN, O'SULLIVAN, DALY and BERDON, JS.


INGLIS, C. J.

On a trial to the jury, the defendant was found guilty of rape. From the judgment rendered on that verdict he has appealed. His assignments of error are numerous but can be grouped in five categories. He claims error, first, in the court's refusal to allow questions on the voir dire concerning possible race prejudice on the part of prospective jurors; second, in various rulings on evidence; third, in the denial of his motion for a mistrial; fourth, in...

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