Legal Opinion
State v. Brown
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 12, 1997No. SC 15481PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, C. J.
The certified issue in this appeal is whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that the trial court’s denial of the defendant’s midtrial motion for a continuance to allow for DNA1 testing was an abuse of its discretion that entitled the defendant *447to a new trial.2 In the interests of judicial economy, however, we also address the defendant’s related claims that were not decided by the Appellate Court, namely, that: (1) the trial court improperly denied his posttrial motion for a new trial; and (2) the state’s late disclosure of certain physical evidence deprived the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. SivriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. MoralesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
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3Cited by19 opinions
- State v. PaduaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
- Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. Town of GrotonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- State v. BretonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- Montoya v. MontoyaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- State v. DelgadoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
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