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STATE v. LANE

179 Conn. 327 (1979)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. BERNARD H. LANE

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released December 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Eugene Spear, public defender, with whom, on the brief, were Jerrold H. Barnett, public defender, and Robert Gorman and Thomas Ullman, law student interns, for the appellant (defendant).

Eugene J. Callahan, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Donald A. Browne, state's attorney, and Frank S. Maco and Walter D. Flanagan, assistant state's attorneys, for the appellee (state).

COTTER, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, HEALEY and PARSKEY, JS.

PER CURIAM.

In State v. Branham, 171 Conn. 12, 368 A.2d 63 (1976), we held that in the absence of controlling statutory provisions1 an accused is not entitled to an instruction to the jury that no adverse inferences are to be drawn from his failure to testify in his own defense. The defendant in this case asks us to reexamine and overrule Branham...

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