Legal Opinion
State v. Pouncey
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 22, 1997No. SC 15412PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PALMER, J.
In this certified appeal, the defendant, Richard Pouncey, asks us to invoke our inherent supervisory authority over the administration of justice to reverse his conviction of two counts of attempted assault in light of certain objectionable remarks made by the assistant state’s attorney during her closing argument to the jury. The jury convicted the defendant of *804two counts of attempted assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 (a) (2) and 53a-59 (a) (1).1 The defendant appealed from the judgment of the trial court2 to the Appellate Court,…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. HastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Bank of Nova Scotia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
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3Cited by57 opinions
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. SinghSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. HinesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Roth v. WestonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. SantiagoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
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