STATE v. JENKINS


158 Conn. 149 (1969)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ELISHA JENKINS

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 8, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas N. Wies, for the appellant (defendant).

Robert K. Walsh, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Arnold Markle, state's attorney, Richard P. Sperandeo and David B. Salzman, assistant state's attorneys, for the appellee (state).

KING, C. J., ALCORN, HOUSE, COTTER and THIM, JS.


KING, C. J.

The defendant, after a trial to the jury, was convicted of committing, with a knife, an aggravated assault on his wife, in violation of General Statutes § 53-16.

Only two assignments of error are pursued in the brief, each of which involves a ruling on evidence. The state had offered evidence to prove that the defendant and his wife had been living apart for about two years; that on the evening of January 16, 1967, the defendant came to the...

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