State v. Roy

State of Connecticut v. John Roy

State v. Roy, 658 A.2d 566 (Conn. 1995)

Court: Supreme Court of Connecticut · State Highest Courts
Decided: May 16, 1995
Docket: No. 15040
Judges: Callahan, Katz, Norcott, Palmer, Peters
Citations: 658 A.2d 566233 Conn. 2111995 Conn. LEXIS 128

Cited by 38 4 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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Per Curiam.

In this criminal appeal, we granted the certification petition of the defendant, John Roy, to consider whether the Appellate Court; State v. Roy, 34 Conn. App. 751, 764-66 , 643 A.2d 289 (1994); properly determined that the defendant was not entitled to appellate review of his challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence for his conviction. The state has conceded that such review is appropriate, despite the defendant’s failure to invoke the guidelines set forth in State v. Golding, 213 Conn. 233, 239-40 , 567 A.2d 823 (1989), for review of his unpreserved claim of constitutional error. In the circumstances of this case, we agree with the state. It is “an essential of the due process guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment that no person shall be made to suffer the onus of a criminal conviction except upon sufficient proof—defined as evidence necessary to convince a trier of fact beyond *213 a reasonable doubt of the existence of every element of the offense.” Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 316 , 99 S. Ct. 2781 , 61 L. Ed. 2d 560 (1979).

The judgment of the Appellate Court is reversed and the case is remanded to that court with direction to review the merits of the defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence for his conviction.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 4 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(state must "convince a trier of fact beyond a reasonable doubt of the existence of every element of the offense" [internal quotation marks omitted])

State v. Orr, 969 A.2d 750 (Conn. 2009)
(due process prohibits conviction of any person except upon proof sufficient to convince trier of fact beyond reasonable doubt of existence of every element of offense)

State v. Gary, 869 A.2d 1236 (Conn. 2005)
(appellate review appropriate despite defendant’s failure to invoke Golding regarding unpreserved claim of constitutional error)

State v. Waz, 692 A.2d 1217 (Conn. 1997)

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State v. Rogers664 A.2d 291 (Conn. App. Ct. 1995)
State v. Elson9 A.3d 731 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010)
State v. Roy662 A.2d 799 (Conn. App. Ct. 1995)
State v. Wright969 A.2d 827 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009)
State v. Thomas772 A.2d 611 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001)
State v. Wohler661 A.2d 103 (Conn. App. Ct. 1995) · Concurrence

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Authorities cited 3

Depth	Case	Cited by
	Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979)	74,130
	State v. Golding, 567 A.2d 823 (Conn. 1989)	2,575
	State v. Roy, 643 A.2d 289 (Conn. App. Ct. 1994)	15

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