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State v. Smith

Citations

  • 73 Conn. App. 173
  • 807 A.2d 500
  • 2002 Conn. App. LEXIS 526

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that, pursuant to a Connecticut statute that is similar to § 13A- 3-27(b)(2), \the reasonableness [of a police officer's use of deadly force] is to be judged from the perspective of a reasonable police officer\ and that the jury should have been instructed accordingly
  • evidence of officer’s “training and police training in general regarding the use of deadly force” was “highly relevant to establishing that [officer’s] use of deadly force was objectively reasonable according to the ‘reasonable police officer’ standard”
  • “We conclude that the test for evaluating self- defense claims pursuant to § 53a-22 is a subjective-objective test,” in which the jury is first required “to determine whether the defendant honestly believed” his use of force was necessary 1 Section 53a-22(b
  • prosecution of police officer for first-degree manslaughter

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Judges: Schaller

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