Legal Opinion
State v. Alexander
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 1, 1998No. AC 15584PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LAVERY, J.
The defendant, Andrew Alexander, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-73a1 and risk of *244injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21.2 On appeal, the defendant claims that the state’s closing argument (1) impermissibly infringed on his constitutional right to be present during trial and (2) amounted to prosecutorial misconduct depriving the defendant of a fair trial. In addition, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly ruled that one of the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- United States v. Gaetano ModicaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- State v. ChasseConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- State v. HolmesConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. RiveraConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. RolliConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
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