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State v. Williamson

Citations

  • 206 Conn. 685
  • 539 A.2d 561
  • 1988 Conn. LEXIS 48

How courts have described this case

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  • trial court retains inherent common-law authority to impose sentences consecutive to terms from other jurisdictions
  • “[i]t is . . . constitutionally axiomatic that the jury be instructed on the essential elements of a crime charged”
  • Supreme Court declined to review claim when record was unclear as to whether defendant wore prison clothes
  • “[i]t is . . . constitutionally axiomatic that the jury be instructed on the essential elements of the crime charged”
  • defen- dant failed to object at trial and record was unclear as to whether he, in fact, wore identifiable prison clothing, which precluded our Supreme Court from reviewing defendant’s claim or affording him relief on ‘‘barren record’’

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Judges: Healey

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