Legal Opinion

State v. Quintana

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided September 6, 1988No. 13179PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCovello, J.

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Jose Quintana, has appealed from a judgment of conviction of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c.1 The defendant claims that: (1) his due *36process rights were violated by the state’s failure to disclose the existence of criminal charges pending against a state’s witness; (2) this nondisclosure contravened Practice Book § 744 and constituted reversible error; (3) the trial court’s instructions to the jury allowed it to convict the defendant on theories of liability that were unsupported by the evidence; (4) the trial court erred in its…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. State v. CooperSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
  4. State v. CorchadoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
  5. State v. TorrenceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. State v. PrioleauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  2. State v. JohnSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
  3. State v. HerringSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
  4. State v. BaileySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
  5. Demers v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988

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