Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 1, 2020No. SC20261PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Page 60 CONNECTICUT LAW JOURNAL August 10, 2021 486 AUGUST, 2021
337 Conn. 486
State v. Jones STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. BILLY RAY JONES (SC 20261) Robinson, C. J., and Palmer, McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Ecker, Js.* Syllabus In accordance with State v. Patterson ( 276 Conn. 452), a trial court in a criminal case must issue a special credibility instruction to the jury when a jailhouse informant testifies about inculpatory statements made by a fellow inmate to the informant while they were incarcerated together. Convicted, after a jury trial, of the crimes of murder, carrying a pistol…
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