Criminal Law

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State v. Shipman

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Monday, April 29, 2013

For a claim of disparate treatment of a venireperson, the races of the relevant venirepersons are requisite facts without which the Appellate Court is unable to conduct a comparison of the state's treatment of a black venireperson, against its treatment of nonminority venirepersons.

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State v. Carter

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Monday, April 29, 2013

The three year limitation for the filing of a petition for a writ of error coram nobis has been the law in Connecticut for more than 130 years. In connection with a drug turf shooting during which a seven year old girl was struck by a stray bullet, Anthony Carter was convicted, following a jury trial, of various crimes including assault in the first degree.

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O'Neil v. Commissioner of Correction

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Monday, April 29, 2013

As explained in the 2004 Connecticut Appellate Court case of Toccaline v. Commissioner of Correction, "the decision of a trial lawyer not to make an objection is a matter of trial tactics, not evidence of incompetency?"

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State v. Mustafaj

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Monday, April 29, 2013

An individual who allegedly sexually assaults his own children can be sentenced to 36 years in prison.

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State v. Eason

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Monday, April 22, 2013

An individual who pleads guilty to murder, in violation of Connecticut General Statutes §53a-54a, can be sentenced to 60 years in prison.

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State v. Furs

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Monday, April 22, 2013

An individual who participates in a premeditated murder, in exchange for the payment of $2,000, may not be entitled to a sentence reduction, even if the individual did not possess an extensive criminal record and was only 21 years old.

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DeAngelis v. Warden

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Allegations that corrections officials refused to order magnetic resonance imaging or to approve a soft mattress for an inmate who allegedly suffers from severe back pain may be insufficient to prove deliberate indifference to a serious medical condition, in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

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Lopez v. Commissioner of Correction

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Monday, April 22, 2013

A petition for a new trial, as explained in the 2007 Appellate Court case of Small v. State, "is not a criminal action," and no authority supported the contention that the constitutional requirement of effective assistance of counsel required trial counsel to continue his representation after the conclusion of the criminal trial by commencing such a civil proceeding.

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State v. William

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Police may search motor vehicles, without a warrant, provided that probable cause of criminal activity exists.

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State v. Boswell

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Connecticut General Statutes §54-142d, read in context with the definition of offense in C.G.S. §53a-24, requires the court, upon a defendant's petition, to order erasure and destruction of records related to a crime that has been decriminalized, regardless of whether other crimes have the same name or are listed in the same statute.