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Conn. Practice Book § 42-20
Submission for Verdict; Role of Judicial Authority in Trial
The judicial authority shall decide all issues of
law and all questions of law arising in the trial of
criminal cases. In committing the case to the jury,
if in the opinion of the judicial authority the evidence is not sufficient to justify the finding of guilt
beyond a reasonable doubt, it may direct the jury
to find a verdict of not guilty; otherwise, subject
to the provisions of Section 42-40, the judicial
authority shall submit the facts to the jury without
directing how it is to find the facts or how it is to
render the verdict.
History
(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 855.)
Provenance
- Source
- jud.ct.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-15
- Edition
- 2026-09-15
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