Legal Opinion
State v. Kinchen
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 3, 1998No. SC 15791PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PALMER, J.
The sole issue in this appeal, taken by the state with the permission of the trial court,1 is whether the trial court had the authority to dismiss, *692sua sponte, a pending misdemeanor charge against the defendant, Daryl Kinchen, because, in the court’s view, the case was not sufficiently important to warrant the time and expense of a jury trial. We conclude that, in the absence of compliance with the relevant statute, General Statutes § 54-56, the trial court did not have such authority. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the court dismissing the charge.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Wayte v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. BatchelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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3Cited by34 opinions
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