STATE OF CONNECTICUT
v.
CHE CARTER
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
v.
NORMAN DILLON
Supreme Court of Connecticut.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 12, 1995.
Decision released April 4, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John R. Williams, for the appellant in the first case (defendant Che Carter).
Susan M. Hankins, assistant public defender, for the appellant in the second case (defendant Norman Dillon).
Carolyn K. Longstreth, assistant state's attorney, with whom were James Turcotte, assistant state's attorney, and, on the brief, Michael Dearington, state's attorney, for the appellee in both cases (state).
PETERS, C. J., and CALLAHAN, BORDEN, BERDON and NORCOTT, JS.
Supreme Court of Connecticut.
NORCOTT, J.
The sole issue in these certified appeals1 is whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that the defendants were not entitled to a jury instruction on the law of self-defense. The defendants, Che Carter and Norman Dillon, were convicted,2 after a joint jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).3 The defendants' convictions were affirmed...
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