184 Conn. App. 24 - State v. Harper’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “Our review of the defendant's claim requires that we examine the [trial] court's entire charge to determine whether it is reasonably possible that the jury could have been misled by the omission of the requested instruction.... While a request to charge that is relevant to the issues in a case and that accurately states the applicable law must be honored, a [trial] court need not tailor its charge to the precise letter of such a request .... If a requested charge is in substance given, the [trial] court's failure to give a charge in exact conformance with the words of the request will not constitute a ground for reversal.... As long as [the instructions] are correct in law, adapted to the issues and sufficient for the guidance of the jury ... we will not view the instructions as improper.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 189 Conn. App. 151 - State v. Euclides L.

2. “is under no obligation to give a requested jury instruction that does not constitute an accurate statement of the law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 189 Conn. App. 151 - State v. Euclides L.