Legal Opinion
State v. Cruz
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 23, 2002No. AC 20786PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BISHOP, J.
The defendant, Pedro Cruz, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of assault of a peace officer in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1997) § 53a-167c.1 The defendant claims that the court improperly (1) restricted his cross-examination of the state’s key witness, (2) refused to grant his motion for a mistrial on the ground of prosecutorial misconduct during closing argument, (3) precluded him from making a “missing witness” argument, (4) instructed the jury on an essential element of the offense and (5) refused to instruct the jury on the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Secondino v. New Haven Gas Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- State v. SinghSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- State v. MungrooConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
- State v. GibsonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- State v. McArthurConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
- State v. DupigneyConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
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