Connecticut Appellate Court· 7/27/1993

State v. Nixon

Citations

32 Conn. App. 224
630 A.2d 74
1993 Conn. App. LEXIS 348

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noting that ‘‘a person is guilty under § 53a-167c (a) (1) if he intends to prevent a reasonably identifiable [peace officer] from performing his duty and, in doing so, causes injury to the [peace officer]’’
refusing to engraft common-law definition of rioting requiring participation of at least three participants, as described in writings of Swift, onto modern rioting statute that, by express terms, was not so limited
refusing to engraft common-law definition of rioting requiring participation of at least three participants, as described in writings of Swift, onto modem rioting statute that, by express terms, was not so limited
\The offense of rioting at a correctional institution does not expressly provide for any particular scienter requirement.\
“The offense of rioting at a correctional institution does not expressly provide for any particular scienter requirement.”
“[w]hen the elements of a crime include a defendant’s intent to achieve some result additional to the act, the additional language distinguishes the crime from those of general intent and makes it one requiring a specific intent”

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Judges: Schaller

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