STATE v. HIGGINS

(12315)

201 Conn. 462 (1986)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. NORMAN P. HIGGINS

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released December 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. McWeeny, with whom was Louis S. Avitabile, for the appellant (defendant).

Walter H. Scanlon, chief assistant state's attorney, with whom were Stephen M. Morelli, certified legal intern, and, on the brief, John A. Connelly, state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, DANNEHY, CALLAHAN and M. HENNESSEY, JS.


SHEA, J.

After a jury trial the defendant was convicted of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c.1 On appeal he claims the trial court erred: (1) in denying his motion to separate his grand jury proceeding from that of his codefendant; (2) in excluding evidence of the circumstances of a crime committed by the codefendant, who testified for the prosecution, claimed to have...

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