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STATE v. RIGGS

(2780)

7 Conn. App. 180 (1986)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. EMMET RIGGS

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas P. Cardwell, with whom was Kenneth J. McDonnell, for the appellant (defendant).

Susan C. Marks, deputy assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, was Warren Maxwell, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

DUPONT, C. J., HULL and DALY, JS.

DALY, J.

The defendant was indicted by a grand jury for murder, a violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. The case was tried before a jury and the defendant was found guilty of the lesser included offense of manslaughter in the second degree, a violation of General Statutes § 53a-56. The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction alleging that he was denied the protection of the presumption of innocence and due process of law (1) because the decision...

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