Legal Opinion
State v. Sinvil
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 20, 2003No. AC 22239PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FLYNN, J.
The defendant, Marc S. Sinvil, was convicted following a jury trial of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-73a (a) (2), and unlawful restraint in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-96. On appeal from the judgment of conviction for those crimes, the defendant claims that the prosecutor engaged in a pattern of misconduct through certain comments made during *763closing argument.1 We reverse the judgment of the trial court because we conclude that the challenged prosecutorial argument was improper and deprived the defendant…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. SinghSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- State v. GoldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. SinvilSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. PerezConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- State v. SinvilConnecticut Appellate Court · 2005
- State v. AbrahamsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- State v. Joseph V.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2022
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