Legal Opinion
State v. Plourde
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 2, 1988No. 12918PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the admission into evidence of the defendant’s *456silence following his receipt of Miranda warnings violated his right to due process of law. A jury found the defendant, Galen Plourde, guilty of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).1 He appeals from the judgment sentencing him to forty years imprisonment. We find error and remand for a new trial.
On the morning of December 16, 1983, the body of the victim, Ada Plourde, was found in her automobile, which was parked in the parking lot of My Brother’s Place Cafe in Cromwell. The…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by56 opinions
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