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- Title: State v. Pikul
- Author : Supreme Court of Connecticut
- Release Date : January 04, 1962
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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The defendant was convicted on a charge of
conspiracy to obtain money by false pretenses.
He has appealed. The state's attorney, in the
information, charged that Leon Cohen, George
Kania, Melvin Muravnick, LeRoy Hendricks,
William Colangelo, John Kozakiewich, Gillis
Lemieux and the defendant conspired with one
another to obtain money by false pretenses, in
violation of 53-360 of the General Statutes, and
that one or more of the conspirators did certain
acts (described in a bill of particulars) in
furtherance of the conspiracy, in violation of
54-197 of the General Statutes. In this opinion,
we need deal only with the disposition of the
charges against Cohen, Muravnick, Lemieux and
the defendant. When they were put to plea,
Cohen, Muravnick and Lemieux pleaded guilty.
The defendant pleaded not guilty and elected
a trial to the jury. The state offered evidence to prove that the
defendant, pursuant to the conspiracy, planned and
participated in a collision between a Plymouth
automobile, which was driven by Muravnick and in
which Cohen, Kania, Hendricks, Colangelo and the
defendant were passengers, and a Studebaker truck,
which was driven by Lemieux and owned by his
employer; and that the occupants of the Plymouth
falsely alleged neck and back injuries, received
medical treatment, and employed an attorney, who
made claim for damages and medical expenses from
the insurers of the two vehicles. The defendant
offered evidence to the effect that he
[150 Conn. 198]