Case Name: State of Connecticut v. Louis Vena
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1967-10-25
Citations: 155 Conn. 727
Docket Number: 
Parties: State of Connecticut v. Louis Vena
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 155
Pages: 727–727

Head Matter:
State of Connecticut v. Louis Vena
George B. Tiernan, state’s attorney, on the motion for the state.
Donald G. Walsh, on the motion for the defendant.
Submitted October 16
decided October 25, 1967

Opinion:
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.