Supreme Court of Connecticut, 1997

State v. Preston

Supreme Court of Connecticut · Decided November 6, 1997

243 Conn. 946; 704 A.2d 800; 1997 Conn. LEXIS 483

Cases that cite this one

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State v. Preston (Conn. 1999)

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Opinion of the Court

The petition by the state of Connecticut for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 46 Conn. App. 778 (AC 15834), is granted, limited to the following issue:

“Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that, under the evidence in this case, the third and fourth prongs of State v. Whistnant, 179 Conn. 576, 588 (1980), were satisfied, in that the trial court was required to give a charge on the lesser included offense of larceny in the sixth degree?”

KATZ, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this petition.

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