Legal Opinion
State v. Crumpton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 3, 1987No. 12822PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArthur H. Healey, J.
The defendant, Gregory Crumpton, was convicted by a jury of robbery in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-136.1 He was sentenced to imprisonment for a total effective sentence of five years, execution suspended after four years. The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction claiming that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion in limine (1) to prevent his impeachment by the use of evidence of a prior robbery conviction, and (2) in the alternative, to allow the conviction to enter into evidence as an unspecified felony conviction.
The jury could…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Luce v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Morris W. Gordon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- State v. BittingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- State v. NardiniSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. GeyerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
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3Cited by49 opinions
- State v. PinnockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- State v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. CooperSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Carothers v. CapozzielloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
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