Supreme Court of Connecticut· 7/27/1993

State v. Tucker

Citations

226 Conn. 618
629 A.2d 1067
1993 Conn. LEXIS 249

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assessing potential juror’s impartiality is ‘‘particularly within the province of the trial judge and the trial judge has broad discretion in deciding whether to excuse a juror for cause’’ [internal quotation marks omitted]
applying Famiglietti to conclude unanimity instruction not required because threat of force and use of force are not conceptually distinct with respect to compelled sexual intercourse for purposes of sexual assault in first degree under General Statutes § 53a-70
‘‘[w]e focus on those jurors who actually decided the defendant’s fate rather than on those venirepersons who were excused for cause or peremptorily’’
evidence showed defendant forced victim to have sex by punching her, choking her, and threatening her with death, all in the course of single transaction
court referring to defendant as “prisoner” did not deprive defendant of fair trial because, among other things, court instructed jury on presumption of innocence and jury presumed to follow law
no conceptual distinction between use of force and threats to use force

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Judges: Callahan

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