Legal Opinion
State v. Schiappa
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 23, 1999No. SC 15696PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*135 Opinion
PALMER, J.
After a jury trial, the defendant, Kim P. Schiappa, was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (3)2 and hindering prosecution in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-166.3 The trial court rendered judgment in accordance with the jury verdict,4 and the defendant appealed her manslaughter conviction to the Appellate Court,5 claiming, inter alia, that the trial court had improperly: (1) admitted a hearsay statement of Stephen Staffy after improperly concluding that Staffy was unavailable due to his…
2Cases cited99 opinions
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- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
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3Cited by116 opinions
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- State v. WhipperSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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