172 Conn. App. 668 - State v. Petion’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “In rejecting the defendant's claim that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1) with respect to Rosa Bran, did the Appellate Court properly conclude that a jury reasonably could have found that the one and one-half inch scar on her forearm constituted serious disfigurement, and therefore, a serious physical injury?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Petion

2. “'serious physical injury.' " 5 Id., at 669 , 161 A.3d 618 . The Appellate Court agreed with the state "that the evidence presented to the jury showed that one of the two lacerations that Bran received resulted in a significant and readily visible scar and that, under our law, a jury reasonably could have found that such scarring constituted a serious disfigurement and, therefore, a serious physical injury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Petion

3. “In rejecting the defendant's claim that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction of assault in the first degree in violation of ... § 53a-59 (a) (1) with * respect to ... Bran, did the Appellate Court properly conclude that a jury reasonably could have found that the one and one-half inch scar on her forearm constituted serious disfigurement and, therefore, a serious physical injury?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Petion