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Supreme Court of Connecticut· 8/31/1993

State v. Sawyer

Citations

  • 227 Conn. 566
  • 630 A.2d 1064
  • 1993 Conn. LEXIS 292

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  • noting that, unlike “soft transition” jurisdictions, a number of “hard transition” States accept partial verdicts because jury have “confronted and completed” determination with respect to greater offense before moving on to lesser included offenses
  • observing that “the lesser included offense doctrine ... does not imply that the jury should be allowed to consider the charged offense and lesser included offenses in any order and with whatever degree of dedication it chooses”
  • observing that “the lesser included offense doctrine . . . does not imply that the jury should be allowed to consider the charged offense and lesser included offenses in any order and with whatever degree of dedication it chooses”
  • discussing double jeopardy implications stemming from implied acquittal doctrine in adopting ‘‘acquittal first instruction’’ to transition jury delibera- tion from charged greater offense to lesser included offenses
  • \Anything less [than an acquit first instruction] dilutes the right of the state and the defendant to have the jury give its undivided attention and most serious deliberations to the offense with which the defendant is charged and flies in the face of the unanimity requirement[.]\
  • “Anything less [than an acquit first instruction] dilutes the right of the state and the defendant to have the jury give its undivided attention and most serious deliberations to the offense with which the defendant is charged and flies in the face of the unanimity requirement[.]”

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Judges: Berdon, Callahan, Katz

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