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STATE v. SAWYER

(14650)

227 Conn. 566 (1993)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. BERNARD K. SAWYER

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 31, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Weller, assistant state's attorney, with whom were Corinne Klatt, assistant state's attorney, and, on the brief, John A. Connelly, state's attorney, for the appellant (state).

Lauren Weisfeld, assistant public defender, for the appellee (defendant).

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

CALLAHAN, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly instructed the jury that, during the course of its deliberations concerning greater and lesser included offenses, it must unanimously agree to acquit of the greater offense of murder before it could go on to consider the lesser included offenses of manslaughter.

The defendant, Bernard K. Sawyer, was charged in a substitute information with the crime of murder in violation...

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