Legal Opinion
State v. Alvarez
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 21, 1990No. 13722PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The defendant, Jorge Alvarez, was convicted by a jury of the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. The trial court sentenced him to a term of life imprisonment. On appeal, the defendant challenges four evidentiary rulings by the trial court. He first contends that the trial court should have admitted a statement by Kenneth Hazard, a witness to the shooting that caused the victim’s death, to Joseph Greene, a police officer. In addition, he argues that the court should have excluded: (1) the contents of a conversation between the defendant and Melvin Poindexter; (2) the…
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