Legal Opinion
State v. Hamilton
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided November 29, 2005No. AC 24721PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FOTI, J.
The defendant, Sean Hamilton, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (2) and sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) precluded expert testimony on DNA evidence, (2) denied his motion to suppress and (3) instructed the jury on consciousness of guilt. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The defendant, who was thirty-one years old, met the victim,1 a fourteen…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State v. PinnockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- State v. Chasity WestSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
- State v. SaundersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- Villegas-Miranda v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. GonzalezConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
- State v. AndrewsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
- State v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006