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STATE v. HANNA

150 Conn. 457 (1963)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JOHN J. HANNA

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 25, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Gibson Guion, public defender, and John F. Bianchi, special assistant public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Thomas F. Wall, state's attorney, and Jonathan F. Ells, special state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

BALDWIN, C. J., KING, MURPHY, SHEA and ALCORN, JS.

KING, J.

The defendant was indicted, in two counts, on a charge of murder in the first degree in the killing of Francis Gavell, manager of the First National store in New Milford, on November 18, 1959. The first count charged wilful, deliberate and premeditated murder, and the second count charged murder in the perpetration of a robbery. On May 24, 1960, after a trial to the jury, the defendant was found guilty on both counts, the jury made a recommendation for clemency...

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