State v. Vena

• Decision Date: 25 October 1967
• Citation: 155 Conn. 727,234 A.2d 449
• Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Parties: STATE of Connecticut v. Louis VENA.

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234 A.2d 449

155 Conn. 727

STATE of Connecticut v. Louis VENA.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Oct. 25, 1967.

George R. Tiernan, State's Atty., on the motion for the state.

Donald G. Walsh, New Haven, on the motion for defendant.

The state's attorney and counsel for the defendant having requested and stipulated that this court find reversible error because of the charge by the trial court on the definition of "nighttime," and in view of the decision of this court in State v. Bell, 153 Conn. 540, 219 A.2d 218, it is ordered that, in the appeal from the Superior Court in New Haven County, the judgment be, and hereby is, set aside and a new trial is ordered.