Legal Opinion
State v. Alexander
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 15, 2000No. SC 16031PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NORCOTT, J.
After a jury trial, the defendant, Andrew Alexander, was convicted of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-73a1 and *292risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1991) § 53-21.2 The defendant appealed the judgment of conviction3 to the Appellate Court claiming that: (1) the state’s closing argument infringed on his constitutional right to be present during trial; and (2) the state committed prosecutorial misconduct during its closing argument, thereby depriving the defendant of his due process right to a fair trial.…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by120 opinions
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. SinghSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. WarholicSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
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