Legal Opinion
State v. Bermudez
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 26, 2005No. SC 17081PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VERTEFEUILLE, J.
The dispositive issue in this certified appeal is whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that the defendant, Noel Bermudez, was deprived of a fair trial due to prosecutorial misconduct and the trial court’s overemphasis of the charge of manslaughter in the first degree in its instructions to the jury. The state claims that the Appellate Court improperly concluded that the defendant was deprived of his right to a fair trial by: (1) remarks made by the assistant state’s attorney (state’s attorney) during his closing and rebuttal arguments; and (2) the trial…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. ColonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. DenbySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
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3Cited by24 opinions
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