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State v. Lewis

Citations

  • 220 Conn. 602
  • 600 A.2d 1330
  • 1991 Conn. LEXIS 511

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • approving a preliminary instruction describing reasonable doubt as not “mean[ing] proof beyond a shadow of a doubt”
  • “[e]ven if the defendant is correct and his right to counsel had attached [when an information was filed in court], his ensuing statements would not be rendered inadmissible under the sixth and fourteenth amendments unless he had invoked that right”
  • ‘‘[t]he defense of self-defense does not encompass a preemptive strike’’

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Judges: Callahan

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