STATE v. CRAFTS

(13886)

226 Conn. 237 (1993)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RICHARD B. CRAFTS

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released July 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene J. Riccio, special public defender, with whom was Peter J. McGuinness, special public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Julia DiCocco Dewey, assistant state's attorney, with whom were Walter D. Flanagan, state's attorney, and Brian Cotter, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

PETERS, C. J., CALLAHAN, BORDEN, BERDON and NORCOTT, JS.


PETERS, C. J.

The principal issue in this criminal appeal is the sufficiency of largely circumstantial evidence to support a conviction of the crime of murder. The state charged the defendant, Richard B. Crafts, with having committed the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a,1 by killing his wife, Helle Crafts. After an earlier trial resulted in a mistrial because of the jury's inability to arrive at a verdict...

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