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State v. Barnes

Citations

  • 16 Conn. App. 333
  • 547 A.2d 584
  • 1988 Conn. App. LEXIS 368

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a defective self-defense instruction was harmless where the victim and the defense witness gave inconsistent versions of the stabbing, and the jury necessarily rejected the self-defense version presented by the defense
  • officer’s comment to victim during show-up that he had perpetrators in custody, although inappropriate, did not make identification unreliable

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Judges: Spallone

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