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State v. ColemanState v. Coleman

Supreme Court of Connecticut
Jun 10, 1998
SC 15947
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The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍Court, 48 Conn. App. 260 (AC 13103), is granted, limited to the following issues:

“1. Should this court review the defendant’s challenge to ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍the trial court’s instructions that ‘the law is made to protect society and innocent persons, and not to protect guilty ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍ones’?

“2. If the answer to the first question is yes, did the instructions violate the defendant’s federal or state constitutional ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍rights to have the jury adequately instructed regarding the presumption of innocence and the concept of reasonable doubt?”

NORCOTT, J., did ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍not participate in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Case Details

Case Name: State v. Coleman
Court Name: Supreme Court of Connecticut
Date Published: Jun 10, 1998
Citations: 245 Conn. 907; 718 A.2d 15; 1998 Conn. LEXIS 221; SC 15947
Docket Number: SC 15947
Court Abbreviation: Conn.
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