Supreme Court of Connecticut, 1981

The Connecticut Supreme Court affirmed James Shaw Jr.'s conviction, holding that the trial court's jury instruction on self‑defense was correct, that the admission of his prior manslaughter conviction was permissible, and that the denial of motions to strike testimony and to declare a mistrial over lost evidence was…

The Supreme Court of Connecticut reversed the Superior Court's judgment sustaining an employer's appeal from an award of partial unemployment benefits. It held that the Superior Court erred in reaching the employer's eligibility argument, raised for the first time on appeal, because eligibility under the Unemployment…