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Criminal Law Appellate Court Opinions

by Townsend, Karen

 

AC43120 - State v. Thorne (Six counts of wilful failure to pay sales tax; violation of General Statutes § 12-428 (1); “On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) there was insufficient evidence to support her conviction and (2) the trial court’s jury instruction substantially misled the jury. We reverse in part and affirm in part the judgment of the trial court.”)

AC43082 - State v. Boyd ("Specifically, the defendant claims on appeal that the court improperly denied that portion of his motion in which he alleged that the sentencing court had imposed his sentence in an illegal manner by relying on inaccurate information. We conclude that only the form of the judgment was improper with respect to this portion of the defendant’s motion. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment in part and remand the case with direction to render a judgment dismissing this portion of the defendant’s motion to correct an illegal sentence. We affirm the judgment of the court in all other respects.")

AC42263 - State v. Luciano (“Rendered after a jury trial, of one count of assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (2), and one count of conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48 (a) and 53a-59 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant claims that the evidence was insufficient to support (1) his conviction of conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree and (2) his conviction of assault in the second degree. We agree with the defendant and, accordingly, reverse the judgment of the trial court.”)