Legal Opinion

State v. Jones

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided September 15, 1998No. AC 18050PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

LAVERY, J.

The defendant, Melvin Jones, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of capital felony in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54b (3)1 and carrying a pistol without a permit in violation of General Statutes § 29-35.2 On appeal, the *340defendant claims that (1) the trial court improperly permitted the state to refer to the previous proceedings and his conviction in his first trial, (2) the trial court improperly denied his motion in limine in which he sought to preclude the state from offering into evidence the testimony of Frankie Harris and the…

2Cases cited54 opinions

  1. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Arizona v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
  4. State v. AshermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
  5. State v. StepneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. State v. BarnettConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
  2. State v. GreenConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
  3. State v. OrhanConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
  4. State v. Hoa Van NguyenConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
  5. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2018

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