Legal Opinion
State v. Michael J.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 5, 2005No. SC 17229PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ZARELLA, J.
The defendant, Michael J.,1 appeals2 from the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the criminal charges pending against him in connection with his alleged sexual abuse of C, his eleven year old daughter. The trial on those charges ended in a mistrial after C testified, on direct examination by the state, about certain incidents of the defendant’s uncharged misconduct that were not specified in the bill of particulars or the amended information. The defendant thereafter moved to dismiss the charges, claiming that the mistrial was caused by egregious prosecutorial…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Ex Parte LewisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- State v. LockhartSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
- State v. BletschSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- Weinstein v. WeinsteinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
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