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211 Conn. 807

State v. Hall

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided May 11, 1989

Supreme Court of Connecticut · decided 1989-05-11

Relies on 17 Conn. App. 502 - State v. Hall

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Decided 1989-05-11

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Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently April 2025

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¶1The State of Connecticut’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 17 Conn. App. 502, is granted, limited to the following issues:

¶2“1. Did the Appellate Court err in concluding that the trial court should not have instructed the jury that self-defense was not available as a defense to the lesser included offense of manslaughter in the second degree?

¶3“2. Did the Appellate Court err in concluding that the determination of the jury that self-defense had been disproved beyond a reasonable doubt, implicit in its verdict that the defendant was guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, did not render harmless the failure to charge upon the availability of self-defense for manslaughter in the second degree?

¶4“3. Where the defendant admitted shooting the victim at close range six times, claiming self-defense, did the Appellate Court err in holding that the defendant was entitled to an instruction on criminally negligent homicide as a lesser included offense?”

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