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State v. Pina

Citations

  • 186 Conn. 261
  • 440 A.2d 967
  • 1982 Conn. LEXIS 445

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  • “[i]t is the lack of qualifying instructions as to the legal effect of the presumption, [that] mak[es] it possible for a reasonable jury to interpret the use of the word presume in an unconstitutional manner” [internal quotation marks omitted]
  • validating instruction challenged under Sandstrom rule.

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Judges: Speziale, Peters, Healey, Armentano, Shea

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