Legal Opinion
Asherman v. State
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 3, 1987No. 12763PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The dispositive issue in this case is whether the discovery of new evidence unavailable at a previous criminal trial required the trial court to grant a petition for a new trial. On August 13,1979, the petitioner, Steven M. Asherman, was convicted by a jury of manslaughter in the first degree, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55, for the homicide of Michael Aranow.1 Upon appeal to this court, the conviction was upheld in State v. Asherman, 193 Conn. 695, 478 A.2d 227 (1984), cert. denied, 470 U.S. 1050, 105 S. Ct. 1749, 84 L. Ed. 2d 814 (1985). The discovery of new physical evidence in…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Smith v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- State v. AshermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- State v. StepneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Demers v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- State v. RaguseoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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