Legal Opinion
State v. Maresca
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided September 6, 1977PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLoiselle, J.
The defendant was convicted of policy playing, in violation of former § 53-298 1 of the General Statutes, and of destruction of property to prevent seizure by a police officer, in violation of § 54-33e of the General Statutes. At a second trial with a separate jury he was convicted of being a second offender under § 53-298. Both trials were by juries of six. He has appealed from the judgment rendered on the verdicts.
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The defendant claims that his trials by juries of six were in violation of the constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws, article 1, § 10, of the United States…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Beazell v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Thompson v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- State v. RuizSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
- State v. FerroneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
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3Cited by44 opinions
- State v. KurvinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- United States v. Richard Lowell Stratton, Steven Parness, Leonard Parness, and Bernard FarbarCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- State v. MastropetreSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- State v. CooperSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. ThurmanConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987
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