STATE v. CARPENTER

(13630)

214 Conn. 77 (1990)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RICHARD T. CARPENTER, JR.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Williams, for the appellant (defendant).

Mitchell S. Brody, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, was Michael Dearington, state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, CALLAHAN, GLASS and COVELLO, JS.


CALLAHAN, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the state presented sufficient evidence to justify a guilty verdict. The defendant Richard T. Carpenter was convicted by a jury of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a.1 Subsequently, he filed a motion for a judgment of acquittal, which was denied, and he was sentenced by the trial court to a prison term of fifty years.

The defendant's appeal raises two...

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